s of London An association of independent underwriters operating in England. It is not an insurance company rather, it operates as a marketplace for large and/or unusual insurance exposures where brokers representing insurance applicants are able to contract with underwriters offering coverage.

Depending on the context this term may refer to-(a) the society of individual and corporate underwriting members that insure and reinsure risks as members of one or more syndicates. Lloyd’s is not an insurance company; (b) the underwriting room in the Lloyd’s Building in which managing agents underwrite insurance and reinsurance on behalf of their syndicate members. In this sense Lloyd’s should be understood as a market place; or (c) the Corporation of Lloyd’s which regulates and provides support services to the Lloyd’s market.

Group of individuals who together insure risks. The group is organized along the same lines as, though not connected with, an Underwriting syndicate at Lloyd’s of London. Each member of the group is responsible only for the share of each risk that it assumes. Only a limited number of these associations operate in the United States.

A catalogue of ships describing each ship— dimensions, age, place of construction, registry, and ownership. A necessary tool for the ocean marine underwriter. Similar information is published by the American Bureau of Shipping.

A group of underwriters at London Lloyds who entrust the underwriting of their business to one underwriter.