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Wordings Committee

The LMA Wordings Committee was originally established in the early 2000s to support the LMA’s Non-Marine Committee (NMC) in its responsibility for approving LMA model wordings.

Today, the committee is comprised of 10 experienced members from across the Lloyd’s wordings community and supported by the LMA’s wordings and legal teams. It convenes on a monthly basis to review draft wordings and discuss other issues of interest.

The committee reports to the NMC on a monthly basis, detailing wordings currently in production and submitting draft policy wordings and clauses to the NMC for formal approval.

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Steven Dennis

Senior Executive, Technical Underwriting

Committee secretary

Jayne Eade

Chair

Bill Hapiuk

Deputy Chair

Wordings Forum

The LMA Wordings Forum is chaired by Bill Hapiuk and is open to all wordings professionals working for LMA members. The forum meets quarterly, usually online and often holds briefing events on topical issues. LMA representatives also provide updates on key projects.

The Wordings Forum Committee Secretary is Claudia Goodridge, Senior Executive, Technical Underwriting at the LMA.

Full members can access Wordings Forum minutes here.

Wordings Forum dates

Wordings

The committee develops wordings for use across the market. To receive email notification of new wordings, please subscribe.

Cyber War Clauses

Cyber Model Clauses

Committee insights

Defective Title, Restitution and Repatriation Clauses Published

New Model Mourning Extensions (USA) Published

Notice of Intention to Archive (Property) on 06 January 2026

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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The Emerging Professionals Claims Community (EPCC) invites you to its Winter Quiz Night.

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Wordings in production

On a monthly basis, the Wordings Committee provides a comprehensive report to the NMC, detailing the full list of policy wordings and clauses currently under development. This regular reporting process ensures transparency, facilitates oversight and enables the NMC to maintain strategic visibility over the progression of all wordings in production.

Full LMA members can gain access to this resource by emailing lma@lmalloyds.com.