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ICMR and Helios release Syndicate Statistics Book

Insurance Capital Markets Research and Helios Underwriting PLC announce the launch of their comprehensive new book, Syndicate Statistics, a review of Lloyd’s performance 2025. The book presents a detailed analysis of every Lloyd’s syndicate, based on the 31 December 2024 calendar year results.

All Lloyd’s related data contained within the book has been gleaned from published financial statements of Lloyd’s and its constituent syndicates.

This first edition of Syndicate Statistics is available exclusively in hard copy, which will be available to buy from late September. The next iteration of the book is planned for release in April 2026, based on the 2025 full-year financial statements.

Winning Portfolio Strategies

Hampden Risk Partners (HRP) and Insurance Capital Markets Research (ICMR) co-produced a white paper on “Winning Portfolio Strategies: Using innovative AI models to predict relative performance”

The report introduces a paradigm shift in underwriting performance prediction within the complex Lloyd’s of London market, leveraging advanced AI models inspired by sports analytics to forecast relative performance.

This white paper highlights the crucial shift to understanding relative performance – how a syndicate performs compared to its peers – offering a more stable and insightful indicator of underlying capabilities, independent of broader market fluctuations.

Download ICMR & HRP white paper

ICMR and LMA release Insights Report on Lloyd’s

Insurance Capital Markets Research (ICMR) and the Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA) have published their Lloyd’s 2025 Insights Report.

This detailed analysis covers overall market and individual syndicate performance, exploring growth and profitability drivers across syndicate sizes and business classes. Benchmarking shows the market’s 20-year performance is strong compared to liquid specialty (re)insurance and catastrophe bond indices.

Access Lloyd’s 2025 Insights Report