PRESS RELEASE
6 December 2016

	Winning team (from left to right): Sacha Cooper, Aryona Rexha, Alex Sinclair Joice, Mark Coates, Matthew Greaves, Jamie Garratt.

Syndicate Business Plan winners announced

The winning team in this year’s LMA Academy Syndicate Business Plan Programme was named at a ceremony yesterday afternoon in the Adam Room at Lloyd’s.

Mark Coates (Channel), Aryona Rexha (Beazley), Sacha Cooper (Liberty), Matthew Greaves (Atrium), Alex Sinclair Joice (XL Catlin) and Jamie Garratt (Talbot) were presented with the award for Best Business Plan by Theresa Froehlich, Lloyd’s Interim Director, Performance Management. The winners, competing under the team name Ignis, saw off three other teams of six to win the award. 

Winning team member Jamie Garratt also received an individual award for best presenter. Alex Wareham (Sompo Canopius) was the winner of the Gill Nichols Award for Best Contributor – a new category created this year to honour posthumously the contribution Gill made to the programme’s development. 

During the programme, four teams of young market practitioners competed to prepare syndicate business plans and have them judged by a panel of senior market figures comprising Theresa Froehlich, Travelers Active Underwriter Steve Eccles, Managing Director of S.A. Meacock Karl Jarvis and LMA’s Market Liaison Director Mel Goddard.

The award ceremony represented the conclusion of this year’s programme. This required the twenty-four participants to attend a number of educational modules and demonstrate their learning by creating syndicates, preparing business plans and deciding on their portfolios of business.

LMA Academy Director Charlotte Myers commented that all the presentations were of a very high standard and the final result had been very close. She congratulated all the teams for their hard work.

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Notes to Editors

For further information please contact:
James Milne, Communications Manager
Lloyd’s Market Association
T 0207 327 8405
E james.milne@lmalloyds.com

About the LMA Academy

The aim of the LMA Academy is to raise the profile of education in the Lloyd's market. This is delivered through a series of technical training programmes that support LMA members’ learning and career development by offering them a thorough understanding of key insurance areas from Foundation through to Advanced level.

About the Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA)

Formed in 2001 and located in the heart of the Lloyd’s Building in the City of London, the Lloyd's Market Association represents the interests of the Lloyd’s underwriting community. All underwriting businesses at Lloyd’s are members, together managing gross premium income of around £27billion per annum. For more information visit: www.lmalloyds.com.