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Committee

Leigh Allen

Executive, Technical Underwriting
Committee secretary

Scott McEwen

Chair

John Taylor

Deputy Chair

Key issues covered

The committee proactively identifies emerging issues, trends and areas of concern relevant to market practitioners, bringing them forward for discussion at the committee’s forum.

Underinsurance and extreme weather events

The committee monitors the impact of climate change and extreme weather on commercial property insurance. Underinsurance is a growing concern as rising risks outpace coverage, especially in flood-prone areas. The committee works to develop improved risk models and policy wordings to address these emerging challenges effectively.

Computable Binding Authority Agreement

The LMA’s DARE Computable Binding Authority Agreement (CBAA) initiative addresses key issues that the committee faces, such as improving operational efficiency, enhancing data accuracy and streamlining the underwriting process in commercial lines. The committee’s members provide critical feedback on the modular components being developed in the CBAA, ensuring that the needs of the commercial property and casualty market are met.

Liaison with Lloyd’s and FOS

The committee liaises with Lloyd’s Complaints and the Financial Services Ombudsman Service (FOS) to address customer complaints within commercial property and casualty lines. This ensures effective resolution of disputes, enhances market practices and supports the development of fair, transparent policy wordings that comply with regulatory standards.

Wordings

The committee helps to develop and issue LMA wordings for use across the market. To receive email notification of new wordings, please subscribe.

LMA3170A – UK Home Insurance Policy (HIP 2023) (Named Perils)
LMA3171A – UK Home Insurance Policy (HIP 2023) (All Risks)
LMA5398 – Infectious or Contagious Disease Exclusion (for use on UK consumer and commercial property risks)
LMA5405 – Limited Cyber and Data Exclusion (for use on Consumer and Commercial Property Risks)
LMA5406 – Limited Cyber and Data Exclusion with write back for water and theft (for use on Consumer and Commercial Property Risks)
Home Insurance Overseas Policy, HIP 2016

Upcoming events

For events hosted online, joining instructions will be emailed to all registered attendees closer to the date of the event no later than 24 hours prior to commencement.
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Join the LMA for LEG Clauses in Offshore Wind, a practical and engaging workshop exploring the application of LEG 1, LEG 2 and LEG 3 in offshore wind claim scenarios.
For the first session in this series, the EPCC is delighted to welcome you to an intro to FinPro claims.
The LMA's General Liability Claims Group invites you to its much-anticipated annual symposium.