News Archive

Cyber Resilience Leaders Practice Group

• 10/12/2019

London Market Forums Cyber Resilience Insurance Leaders Practice Group - 10th December 2019 Leading underwriters, brokers and Lloyd's personnel from the London Market gathered for the 4th LMForums Executive Practice Group of the year on 10th December.

Market People Awards 2019

• 12/11/2019

What an incredible evening! - Market People Awards 2019

Around 160 insurance market professionals gathered at the prestigious Banking Hall on 12th November to enjoy the annual London Market Forums Market People Awards.

Delegated Authority Leaders Practice Group

• 15/10/2019

The London Market Forums Delegate Authority Leaders Practice Group met for the fourth gathering of 2019 on 15th October to discuss the impact of Lloyd’s Blueprint One on the DA marketplace. We were pleased to welcome Lindsey Davies from Lloyd's to the Group who shared some high level thoughts and took questions from our DA Practice Group leaders.

Cyber Resilience Summit

• 01/10/2019

Experts and London Market insurance professionals gathered around the Leonardo Royal Hotel on 1st October 2019 to discuss and debate some of the current themes in the world of Cyber Resilience. This event followed on directly from the quarterly Cyber Resilience Leaders Practice Group, attended by HM Treasury and the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

John Neal - Talks Talent

• 09/05/2019

Our keynote speaker at the London Market Forums Leaders of Tomorrow Conference on 9th May 2019 was the CEO of Lloyd's, John Neal.

Leaders of Tomorrow

• 09/05/2019

Over 120 Under 30's and leaders from across the London Market gathered on 9th May 2019 for the London Market Forums Leaders of Tomorrow Conference at the America Square Conference Centre.

Technology Business Breakfast

• 22/11/2018

At this very popular business breakfast, kindly sponsored by Matssoft, operations, technology and business leaders from the London Market heard from Professor Roger Maull from the University of Exeter.

Market People Awards 2018

• 14/11/2018

The Market People Awards 2018 - what a wonderful evening!

Over 170 professionals gathered together on 14th November 2018 at the prestigious One Moorgate Place for the annual Market People Awards.

Corporate Vendor Partners' Breakfast

• 30/10/2018

LMForums arranged a special Corporate Vendor Partners’ breakfast at the Ivy City Garden’s Private Dining Room on 30th October 2018, providing an opportunity for those working with us and the Market to come together to understand what each other does, how they connect with the market and explore ways of potentially collaborating, to provide the market with valuable products and services.

LMForums Reinsurance Practice Group

• 22/06/2018

Senior Reinsurance professionals gathered on 22nd June for the first meeting of the newly created Practice Group kindly supported by Freeborn & Peters LLP which aims to provide a forum for individuals with functional responsibility across all parts of the Reinsurance sector; underwriting, broking, claims, legacy, actuarial and legal.

CTE - An Insurance Ticking Timebomb? Part 2

• 20/06/2018

Following the success of our previous event where we looked at CTE, developments in the USA and what might be coming down the line for the London Insurance Market, a number of our practitioner members asked if we could organise another seminar, this time focusing more on the epidemiology of the disease.

LMForums Robotic Process Automation Practice Group

• 11/04/2018

The London Market Forum Robotic Process Automation Practice Group gathered on the 11th April for its third session. The event sponsored by ISG updated the group on the development of the Automation and AI Market and the impact of AI on the shape of the economy.

LMForums and The London Market raises £10,000 in 2017 for Haven House Children's Hospice

• 23/03/2018

2017 was a year of growth and evolution for LMForums, with a number of new styled events, including a mid year Charity Fashion Gala, which was not only a lot of fun but raised over £8,000 for our charity of the year, Haven House Children’s Hospice.

The Rising Power of Data in the London Market

• 20/03/2018

Over 40 Market professionals attended our March Business Breakfast at the Ivy Restaurant in the City, where we looked at the rising power and challenges of data management in business. Roger Oldham welcomed guests and explained how data management permeates every business function, from operations to HR, Legal & Compliance as well as key areas like underwriting, broking and risk management.

Data & The Cloud

• 31/01/2018

Our first IT Business Breakfast of 2018 occurred on 31st January at the incredible Ivy City Restaurant. Delegates gathered in the exclusive Private Dining Room and heard from our two guest speakers, Gareth Hailes, COO of cloud and data specialist, Everycity, as well as CTO of Konica Minolta Marketing Services, Gordon Weston.

Market People Awards 2017

• 13/12/2017

Professionals from across the Lloyd’s and London Insurance Market gathered at the magnificent One Moorgate Place on Wednesday 13th December 2017 for the 2nd annual Market People Awards, produced by London Market Forums, in association with Market People Magazine. The event celebrates those who make a special or outstanding contribution to their team, business or the London Insurance Market as a whole.

It's Time To Make Business Transformation Pay

• 29/11/2017

Change in the London Insurance Market is never easy and this event was about understanding how our sector's change managers can deliver the aspirations of a transformation project, as well as achieve the expected return on investment.

IFRS 17 The Challenge & Opportunity

• 23/11/2017

Practitioners from across the Market responsible for the implementation of IFRS 17 met in the Old Library at Lloyd’s on 23rd November 2017 to hear from experts from Tagetik and Q_Perior.

North American Claims Special - CTE

• 09/11/2017

Over 60 claims, underwriting and broking practitioners from the London Market gathered at 99 Bishopsgate on 9th November 2017 for a special LMForums event.

Innovation Summit & Summer Party

• 25/07/2017

Over 100 professionals from across the London Insurance Market gathered at the London Market Forums Innovation Summit and Summer Party to hear from a subject matter expert on blockchain and the potential for disruption of existing insurance model as well as be briefed on the latest developments with PPL, the Market's electronic placing support platform.

Cyber Security Breakfast

• 20/07/2017

Professionals from across the London Market gathered at the Private Dining Room at the Duck & Waffle Restaurant on 20th July 2017 for the LMForums Cyber Security Breakfast, featuring our guest speaker, Malcolm Taylor and kindly sponsored by Corporate Member, Hanson Lee, the specialist resourcing expert for change and technology professionals in the London Market. Representatives from companies such as W.R. Berkley, Marsh, Willis, Chaucer, Sompo Canopius, CNA/Hardy and many more attended the highly interactive workshop style session.

Market People Charity Fashion Gala

• 20/06/2017

LMForums, with help from the London Insurance Market, raises over £8,000 for the Haven House Children’s Hospice.

LMForums Welcomes ISG as a New Coporate Member

• 08/06/2017

We are delighted to announce that ISG has become a Corporate Member of LMForums.

LMForums Welcomes Everycity as a New Coporate Member

• 23/05/2017

We are delighted to announce that Everycity has become a Corporate Member of LMForums.

Robotic Process Automation in EC3

• 25/04/2017

Practitioners with an interest in process automation and the use of robotics in the London Insurance Market gathered on 25th April 2017 to hear from our two expert speakers, Pablo Luis de Pablo Martinez, CIO and Change Officer at Santander and Andrew Murphy, Global VP Technical Services at K2.

Delegated Authority Special Event - Business Transformation

• 28/03/2017

Over 80 practitioners from the London Market with an interest in DA business and the challenges of managing the data flow gathered in the Old Library to hear from Andy Childs and Paul Oster of Otak, part of Charles Taylor InsureTech.

Spring Breakfast Event - Business Transformation

• 23/03/2017

15 operations and technology professionals from EC3 gathered at the top of the Heron Tower for an exclusive breakfast event to hear from two expert speakers, Kevin Moore of Tagetik and our Keynote Speaker, Kate Forbes, Head of Finance Projects and Systems.

LMForums Welcomes OEE as a New Coporate Member

• 15/03/2017

We are delighted to announce that OEE Consulting has become a Corporate Member of LMForums.

Social Drinks Gathering

• 26/01/2017

Professionals from across the London Market gathered for the first of this years exciting LMForums events.

Christmas Gala & Market People Awards

• 08/12/2016

Professionals from across the London Market gathered for the first ever LMForums Christmas Gala and Market People Awards on 8th December 2016 at the prestigious City of London Club.

The War for Talent

• 24/11/2016

Professionals from across the Market gathered at the City of London Club on 24th November for a special luncheon to explore the talent challenges in the sector, mostly brought about as a result of through fasting changing and increasingly digital workplace. The requirement for technological capability is growing rapidly, and with it brings a new profile of employee into the workplace.

LMForums Welcomes Tagetik as a Corporate Member

• 16/11/2016

LMForums is proud to welcome Tagetik as a Corporate Member of the Club, with effect from 1st November 2016. Tagetik are the corporate performance management specialists, providing both software and solutions to support enterprise across all business verticals.

NA Forum - Bringing Insurance Communities Together

• 30/09/2016

The Inaugural gathering of the North American Forum took place in the Old Library at Lloyd's on 30th September 2016, attended almost 80 professionals from the London Market, all specialising in or with an interest in North American insurance business.

The Increasing Power of Mobile in the Enterprise

• 28/09/2016

Practitioners from across the Market attended the Mobile Technology Special Event on 28th September to hear from Apple about the power of iOS in business, as well as from Mubaloo about the increasing use of mobile applications in the enterprise and from Altep about adopting the right strategy for governance and forensic examination of mobile technologies.

TOM Presents at London Market Forums

• 27/07/2016

The August 2016 newletter from the TOM Project comments on the new Blueprint and appearance of Joe Dainty at the LMForums Business Innovation event on the 20th July 2016 at the City of London Club.

Business Innovation & Summer Party

• 20/07/2016

Over 70 Market practitioners attended the City of London Club on 20th July 2016 to attend the Business Innovation Summit where they were given the very latest update on the TOM project, from Project Leader, Joe Dainty, including an outline of the Blueprint. Joe also talked the audience through the “in-flight” Market projects and the successes so far.

Dave Jones from Konica Minolta then enlightened the audience on innovation with information management and how to use it as an asset. The session concluded with the popular roundtable discussion groups on the meaning of innovation, led by JP Luchetti of Mubaloo and Roger Oldham of LMForums.

Cyber Security Luncheon

• 09/07/2016

Executives from across the London Market gathered for a very special luncheon to hear Lt. General Ronnie Hawkins from the US Airforce, talk about his experiences running cyber security operations in the US Military, as well as at top Government level, and the importance of hunting teams.

LMForums Welcomes Mubaloo

• 08/07/2016

LMForums is pleased to welcome Mubaloo, the leading mobile strategy consultancy and business app development agency, to the Club. In the picture, Roger Oldham is welcoming JP Luchetti, Consultancy Director of Mubaloo.

LMForums Masterclass

• 19/05/2016

IT Security professionals from across the London Market gathered for a special masterclass on Thursday 19th May 2016 at the City of London Club.

LMForums Change Event - London

• 17/05/2016

Almost 100 people gathered for this special Change Management event, which followed on from the session in Zurich on 12th May. Professionals from across the London Market received a warm welcome from Jason Sahota, CEO of Charles Taylor InsureTech and Tobias Leber, Partner at Optimity Advisors - both firms kindly sponsoring the event.

LMForums Change Event - Zurich

• 12/05/2016

Insurance professionals from across the Swiss Insurance Market gathered at Zunfthaus Zur Waag in the Old City quarter of Zurich on 12th May 2016 to listen to some of the latest thinking in change management techniques in business and were told about the 2nd digital revolution.

William Alexander Recruitment has joined LMForums

• 10/05/2016

London Market Forums is delighted to announce that William Alexander has become a Corporate Member of the Club. William Alexander is a specialist recruiter of IT & Business Change professionals.

The LMForums Data and Analytics Challenge

• 16/03/2016

Over 40 London Market professionals gathered at the prestigious City of London Club for the LMForums Data and Analytics Challenge event, in association with our newest Corporate Member, IBM. Mark Batchelor, IBM’s UK Insurance Leader, gave the opening speech and set the scene for the following speakers, as well as announcing IBM’s collaboration with the LMForums.

LMForums Welcomes Eurobase as a Corporate Member

• 12/02/2016

The LMForums is delighted to welcome Eurobase as a Corporate Member of the Club. With 25 years in the London Market, Eurobase is an established provider of end-to-end (re)insurance administration software, covering all business processes for underwriting, delegated authority, claims, outwards reinsurance and accounting.

Roger Oldham addresses IBM staff at Insurance Conference

• 11/02/2016

Roger Oldham, Founder of the LMForums, addressing delegates at the IBM Insurance Conference on the Southbank on 11th February, talking about the changing London Insurance Market and key industry disrupters.

Target Operating Model Event

• 04/02/2016

Over 50 London Market professionals gathered at the prestigious City of London Club for the first LMForums TOM event. The first class keynote speech was delivered by Joe Dainty, Global Head of Operations at Lloyd's, setting the tone for the afternoon. Practitioner Members heard how the TOM initiative is evolving and got to understand the next steps.

The LMForums Festive Gathering

• 11/12/2015

It’s certainly been an exciting first year for the London Market Technology Exchange, and what better way to round it off than with one of our signature network gatherings at Corney & Barrow Lime Street.

Data Management Summit

• 24/11/2015

The City of London Club was once again humming with Insurance Professionals attending the LMForums Data Management Summit. With delegates from some of the biggest broking and underwriting companies in EC3, the event proved to be incredibly popular, and generated a great deal of serious and meaningful discussions.

Gerhard Lerchster of Peer 1 got the ball rolling with his presentation on how to harness the power of the data explosion, and what the Insurance Industry can learn from it. We were then told to “Batten down the hatches!” due to the oncoming tsunami of information that is heading our way, presented by Justin Mullen of Datalytyx. Warren Kruse, Vice President of Altep, then gave an insightful view on the upcoming rise of instant messaging, and incredible new technologies that could have a major impact on the Insurance Market.

Konica Minolta partners with the LMForums

• 31/07/2015

Konica Minolta has signed up as a corporate partner of the London Market Forums (LMForums) until April 2016.

LMForums brings professionals from the London insurance market and technology providers together, creating a unique cross industry community where knowledge, expertise and experiences can be discussed and shared.

The professional members’ club is exclusively open to underwriters, brokers, managing agents, Lloyds of London, the International Underwriting Association, market trade and some third party associations, operating in the 325-year-old London insurance market.

Business Innovation Event and Summer Party

• 02/07/2015

Our Business Innovation event attracted professionals from across the Market - not only did we have a packed out auditorium for our afternoon event, but our Summer Party on the Roof Terrace at 99 Bishopsgate proved very popular with over 150 people attending.

We saw a glimpse into our digital future with an informative overview of Windows 10, as well as demonstrations of new mobile technologies looking to reshape the traditional workspace, a helicopter view of the changing digital workspace, a look at the explosion and power of data and how this could create new revenue streams, as well as an eye opening talk on the future for cyber currencies in our Market.

Cyber Security Event - Hosted by LMforums

• 20/05/2015

Seventy five professionals from the London Insurance Market gathered in Bishopsgate to hear from cyber security subject matter experts.

Experts included Prof Roy Isbell of Warwick University, Daniel Beazer of Peer1 Hosting and Rashmi Knowles of EMC, arranged by the London Market Technology Exchange as part of a series of lectures.

Visit from Tony Ciciretto, President & CEO of Peer1 and Cogeco

• 17/04/2015

Roger welcoming Tony Ciciretto, President & CEO of Peer1 and Cogeco to the LMForums during a visit to Lloyd's

During a visit to the UK, Tony was taken on a tour of Lloyd's by Roger. Peer1, a leading datacentre provider in Canada, USA and Europe, are a proud member of the LMForums and LMPeople clubs.

New Corporate Member - QuanTemplate

• 01/04/2015

We are pleased to welcome QuanTemplate as a Bronze member of the London Market Technology Exchange.

QuanTemplate is a financial technology company formed by experienced reinsurance professionals to bring the latest innovations in data and analytics to the industry.....

Visit from our friends at Altep, Inc

• 27/03/2015

We were pleased to welcome colleagues from Gold member, Altep, Inc from their base in El Paso, Texas, to visit with us for a week. Whilst they were here they led a Legal and Conmpliance Leaders lunch, met with several members from the market and investigated data centre provision in the UK.....

New Corporate Member - Datalytyx

• 16/03/2015

We are pleased to welcome Datalytyx as a Platinum member of the London Market Technology Exchange.

Datalytyx was formed in 2014 following the merger of Managed Service Solutions Limited (MSS, established 2008) with Dynamyx Limited (established 2006), two successful UK businesses with highly experienced teams who have collaborated successfully on joint clients for many years.....

New Corporate Member - Objective

• 20/02/2015

We are pleased to welcome Objective Corporation as a Bronze Member of LMForums.

Objective is an established solution provider. Since 1987, they have been trusted by Government and Top 1000 corporations to deliver long-term valued business outcomes.....

EC3 CIO Forum Luncheon

• 17/02/2015

The inaugural meeting of the EC3 CIO Forum, sponsored by HGST, took place in the Private Dining Room of the Lloyd’s Building over a superb lunch. It was attended by CIOs from across the underwriting and broking sectors of the Market and four representatives of Technology providers brought together to discuss the challenges and opportunities faced in 2015.

Concerns around data security, data management, and data analytics, were raised by all attendees as a key area of interest and indeed growth. The volume of data held is increasing at an almost exponential rate and, with its growth, is a parallel growth in a requirement to effectively analyse the data held. The lack of a 100% sign up to consistent data standards, and processes, across the Market increases complexity and cost and is a particular challenge to smaller firms with limited resources and expertise.

New Corporate Member - Peer1 Hosting

• 10/02/2015

We are pleased to welcome Peer 1 Hosting as a Silver Member of LMForums. As part of the sign up process we visited them at their office and data centre in Southampton and Portsmouth to learn more about their activities.

New Corporate Member - Altep

• 05/02/2015

We are pleased to welcome Altep as a Gold Member of LMForums.

Since 1994, Altep has been assisting corporations and law firms with complex data and discovery management initiatives. Their primary goal is always to identify the strategies, techniques and technologies that can save their clients time and money, allowing them to meet discovery and compliance obligations thoroughly and efficiently.

Apple in the London Market

• 30/01/2015

We were pleased to welcome nearly 200 colleagues to our Mobile Technology Special Event in The Old Library of the Lloyd’s Building.

Discussions, led by colleagues from Apple, SCC and Mubaloo, included the nature of the evolving workspace, mobility, the power of Apps and how attendees could get the most from their mobile devices.

LMForums and LMPeople Launch Event

• 30/01/2015

Following on from the Mobile Technology event in The Old Library was the drinks reception to launch our new clubs, London Market Forums (LMForums) and London Market People (LMPeople).....

New Corporate Member - Konica Minolta

• 30/01/2015

We are pleased to welcome Konica Minolta as a Silver Member of LMForums.

Specialising in the provision of Managed Print and Document Management Solutions, Konica Minolta is working in partnerships with SME, enterprise, public sector organisations and central government departments across the UK in streamlining their business processes.....