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Political Risk Claims Group

The LMA Political Risk Claims Group brings together experts from across the Lloyd’s market to address political risk claims. It shares market intelligence, develops best practices and advises on complex or emerging claim scenarios. The group supports consistent handling across the market and provides input to the LMA Claims Committee on wider market implications.

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Courtney Blinco

Senior Executive, Claims

Committee secretary

Roxanne Thornhill

Co-Chair

Alex Hill

Co-Chair

Key issues covered

The Political Risk Claims Group offers a dedicated forum for discussing key developments and shared challenges in the political risk market. It advises the LMA Claims Committee, drives focused initiatives through sub-groups and supports other sector groups with specialist input. It also leads the annual Political Risk Symposium to foster market-wide collaboration.

Early talent development

The group is committed to creating learning and development opportunities for claims handlers new to the political risk space. Working with ASL, the group will launch a training initiative showcasing all aspects of claim in this exciting class of business.

Geopolitical

The group continues to monitor geopolitical situations across multiple jurisdictions, including the Ukrainian conflict with Russia, various South American and African conflicts and the ongoing Israeli/Haas conflict.

Committee insights

LMA Claims Committee 2026 Election Results

What are the Challenges Facing Casualty Exposure Management?

Replay – Updated Energy Exploration and Development Insurance 8/86 Form Published

Upcoming events

For events hosted online, joining instructions will be emailed to all registered attendees closer to the date of the event no later than 24 hours prior to commencement.

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International Maritime Forum “Global Compass”

We’re pleased to share that Neil Roberts, Head of Marine & Aviation at the LMA, will be speaking at the upcoming International Maritime Forum "Global Compass" as part of its panel on Geo-Political Challenges in Shipping.

Managing Expert Engagement: A Property Claims Roundtable

The LMA Property Insurance Claims Group welcomes property claims professionals to this interactive roundtable exploring the effective management of experts throughout the claims process.

25 Years On: Reflections on the 9/11 Claims Response

As we mark the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attack at the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001, join us for a unique and highly personal conversation with individuals who were directly involved in managing the unprecedented claims response that followed.