Syndicate Research Limited

About SRL Syndicate Research Limited (SRL) provides comprehensive, independent research and analysis of the Lloyd’s of London insurance market and all of its trading syndicates. The research is relevant for individuals / entities looking for: • data on Lloyd’s and its syndicates; • an understanding of how Lloyd’s functions and its legal basis; • counterparty assessment (and in particular policyholders and others looking for continuity of relationships); • investors. SRL’s product offering ranges from: • basic data on the profitability of individual Lloyd’s syndicates, • an explanation of How Lloyd’s Works, to • more detailed analysis of each trading syndicate, quantitative Scorecard Indicators and the assignment of Syndicate Continuity Opinions (SCOs), comparing the relative attractions of individual syndicates. The SCOs indicate SRL’s view of the relative likelihood of a syndicate continuing in business over the medium term, primarily based on: • Indicative returns on capital over an underwriting cycle; • Group support. Background Information SRL was set up by Robert Stonehewer-Smith in 2014, continuing a business originally set up by him and two colleagues in 1995, with the business being operated within Moody’s Corporation between 1998 and 2014. SRL’s team includes individuals with over 25 years’ experience of the Lloyd’s market, and includes the previous managing director of the original business and MD Moody’s Investor Services European Insurance, Mark Hewlett, and senior insurance analyst, ex Fox-Pitt, Kelton and Aon Benfield Market Analysis, Lewis Phillips. Clients include global (Re)insurance Brokers, multi-national (Re)Insurance Companies, Banks, individual Lloyd’s corporate members. Please refer to our website for further information.