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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 12 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 Secretary is Claudia Goodridge, Senior Executive, Technical Underwriting at the LMA.

Full members can access Wordings Forum précis 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

Notice of Intention to Archive/Withdraw (various) on 05 November 2026

Notice of Intention to Archive (Canadian personal accident) on 30 October 2026

US GL Plastic Product(s) Exclusion Published

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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Zywave Horizon: Cyber Risk Conference

Chris Mather, Senior Executive in Technical Underwriting at the LMA, will be speaking on the panel From Promise to Payoff: SME Cyber Roundtable, which will explore the opportunities and challenges associated with increasing cyber insurance uptake among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

LMA Marine Forum

The LMA invites marine and energy practitioners to attend the Marine Forum on Tuesday 03 November.

Joint Natural Resources Committee Forum

The LMA invites professionals from across the energy insurance market to the Joint Natural Resources Committee (JNRC) Forum, a biannual event exploring key developments, emerging risks and challenges affecting the sector.

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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.