Lloyd's execs encouraged by more disciplined underwriting
Lloyd’s is beginning to see the green shoots of improved underwriting thanks to stringent business planning measures, executives have said following the market’s interim results.
Though Lloyd’s saw its underwriting result for the first six months of 2019 slip to £148m (a 73% year-on-year decline), performance management director Jon Hancock and chief financial officer Burkhard
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