Lloyd's Market Association Bulletin

LMA20-014-PD | 30 March 2020

Communicable Disease Exclusion (Property Treaty Reinsurance)

The LMA Property Reinsurance Business Panel has published the attached model endorsement:

LMA5394 Communicable Disease Exclusion (Property Treaty Reinsurance)

As with all LMA model clauses, it is purely illustrative and is distributed for the guidance of LMA members, who are free to agree to different conditions or amend as they see fit.

This endorsement is available on the Lloyd’s Wordings Repository (LWR), which can also be accessed via www.lloydswordings.com, as well as on the Property Reinsurance Business Panel section of the LMA Website.

The LMA has already published a Coronavirus Exclusion (LMA5391), which emanated from the Personal Accident market (Accident & Health) as well as a Communicable Disease Endorsement (LMA5393) for use on property contracts.

The LMA continues to work with various Business Panels/Committees who have requested variants of the coronavirus clause and/or communicable disease language for their class of business. The LMA is, as usual, aiming for a common format/structure and consistency of language across LMA model clauses drafted in response to COVID-19.

Any queries regarding this wording should be referred to the LMA.

Patrick Davison 
Deputy Director of Underwriting
patrick.davison@lmalloyds.com
Alison Colver
Head of Contract Wordings
alison.colver@lmalloyds.com