A worldwide network of agents who supply the shipping intelligence for pu ication in Lloyd’s List and Lloyd’s Shipping Index. They also arrange for inspections and reports on reported losses. Many are authorised to settle claims and get involved with non-marine insurances, notably aviation and travel claims. There are over 400 agents and 500 sub-agents. A Lloyd’s agent is not a ‘legal agent’, he acts on his own account and is not authorised to receive notice of abandonment.