David is a casualty specialist and has management responsibility for the LMA’s technical underwriting and wordings work, including all non-marine insurance and reinsurance lines.
Leigh joined the Lloyd’s Motor Underwriters Association in 1995, which later merged with the LMA in 2005. Leigh assists David Powell in the secretarial duties relating to motor business panels and provides support in the running of the Political Risks, Terrorism and UK Property and Household Business Panels.
Ida Celentano has been working in the insurance industry since 2017 and has experience across various classes of business and different aspects of the insurance market. Ida has now joined the LMA as of June 2023 as an Executive, Technical Underwriting.
Jackie provides secretarial support/assistance within the underwriting team.
Katie joined the LMA in July 2021. She is a law graduate and joins us from Faraday.
As an Executive, Technical Underwriting, Toby works on wordings production, helping to draft and review LMA model wordings. He provides technical support to members and conducts research relevant to the market. Toby also represents the LMA at meetings and on external groups. Prior to joining the LMA, he spent some time working in schools.
Toby holds a BA in Politics.
Senior Executive, Technical Underwriting
Dele joined the LMA in October 2022 as Senior Executive, Technical Underwriting where he focuses on the energy portfolio.
Dele joined us from Allied World Europe (2004 – 2022), where he was Vice President – Claims, working across Property & Energy, Construction, Aviation & Marine.
Senior Executive, Technical Underwriting
Claudia is an experienced senior wordings professional with over 20 years’ experience in the market. Prior to joining the LMA in 2025, Claudia held senior underwriting and wordings positions at Hiscox for 19 years.
Chris serves as the Underwriting lead at the LMA, overseeing Cyber, Property, Casualty/Liability and P&C Treaty. With three years at the LMA, he manages the class of business committees, ensuring their effective operation.
Before joining the LMA, Chris held senior roles in underwriting and portfolio management at AIG, Assurant and Castel. Earlier in his career, he gained valuable experience as a broker with Marsh.
As an Executive, Technical Underwriting, Lloyd works on wordings production, helping to draft and review LMA model wordings. He provides technical support to members and conducts research relevant to the market. Lloyd also represents the LMA at meetings and on external groups.
Prior to joining the LMA, Lloyd worked as an Account Executive at a software development company in London, where he was responsible for the full sales cycle of Luminance’s AI powered legal process automation platform.
Lloyd holds a first class honours LLB in Law with Politics from the University of Manchester.
As a Business Analyst, Rose works on supporting the LMA’s leadership team in producing data-led stories, helping shape the LMA’s strategies.
Email: rose.pyke@lmalloyds.com
Shazia began her career with the Non-Marine Association before its merger with the LMA, where she moved into a role in the Communications Team. She later took on responsibility for managing and supporting the Lloyd’s Wordings Repository (LWR) and was subsequently also appointed Secretary to the newly established Joint Specie Committee (JSC) for Specie and Fine Art Underwriters, part of the LMA’s Underwriting Team structure.
Joined the market in 1985. Responsible for the marine and aviation activity at the LMA. Member of the IUMI Political Forum.
