General Insurance Article - Lloyd’s & LMA announce ‘groundbreaking’ shared service deal

 The ten managing agents supporting the deal are: Ascot, Beazley, Barbican, Chubb, RenaissanceRe, Tokio Marine Kiln, SCOR (Channel), Starstone, Sompo Canopius and XL Catlin. Other managing agents may participate in future arrangements for catastrophe modelling on the Oasis platform on a shared services basis.

 Trevor Maynard, Lloyd’s Head of Exposure Management and Co-chairman of Oasis said: “I am delighted that Lloyd’s and the LMA have found a shared services solution for the Lloyd’s market in this way – I hope this is the beginning of a vibrant marketplace for models – available through the Oasis platform.”

 Neil Maidment, LMA Chairman and Chief Underwriting Officer, Beazley Plc said: “The LMA has been fully involved in this initiative throughout the past two years and together with its members, has worked closely with Lloyd's and Oasis, from concept through to final delivery. We are pleased that our members will now be able to derive tangible benefits from this initiative, including the availability of models for exposure management and catastrophe modelling on a shared services basis.”

 Dickie Whitaker, CEO of Oasis said: “Leaders in the catastrophe modelling field are realising the value of the new, extensible, scalable Oasis Platform and deploying high quality models. This opportunity realises a new range of cost effective transparent models coming to market.”

 “This is not the first time Cinnober have been at the forefront of a paradigm shift and we take great pride in bringing this groundbreaking initiative in catastrophe risk loss modelling to market. Through close collaboration with Oasis, Lloyd’s and the LMA, we are helping to make the dream a reality.” Said Jamie Khurshid, CEO at BOAT Services Ltd, a subsidiary of Cinnober.

 The next steps for Oasis include extending its platform and models to the global insurance market to achieve a clearer understanding of risk especially in developing countries vulnerable to climate change.