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Lloyd’s CFO and COO Burkhard Keese told delegates at the London ILS 2022 Conference that the platform’s scope will widen beyond quota share structures.

The follow-only vehicle initially launched in January with a more limited set of permissions.

The firm’s Syndicate 2357 had halved losses to $41.5mn during the year.

The broker said there was still a “big unknown” around the potential global economic impact of the conflict.

The syndicate won new backers after Credit Suisse ILS significantly scaled down support.

The ILS manager’s Lloyd’s business delivered a $55.5mn profit, on an 86.5% combined ratio.

Having set up its London Bridge ILS platform, Lloyd’s believes it can leverage its reinsurance-to-close (RITC) mechanism to develop an ILS market for casualty, CFO Burkhard Keese said on a results call yesterday.

The corporation’s major losses tallied £3bn, half the level of 2020, with Hurricane Ida driving half these claims.

Acrisure Re brokered the deal.

The Corporation signalled a focus on controlling volatility.

The former head of GC Securities will be tasked with easing investment in Lloyd’s underwriting.

The supply-chain InsurTech is also broadening the scope of its Lloyd’s syndicate.