Editing Lloyd's of London (section)

==Timeline of significant events at Lloyd's==
* 1686 Earliest reference to [[Lloyd's Coffee House|Edward Lloyd's coffee house]] on [[Great Tower Street|Tower Street]]
* 1691 Coffee house relocated to [[Lombard Street, London|Lombard Street]]
* 1774 Society of Lloyd's founded at the [[Royal Exchange, London|Royal Exchange]]
* 1783 [[Zong massacre]] trial<ref>{{cite web|url=http://history.swissre.com/item_detail.php?id=6|title=Kaleidoscope of Insurance History|website=history.swissre.com}}</ref>
* 1799 Sinking of {{HMS|Lutine|1779|6}}
* 1871 Lloyd's Act
* 1906 [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|San Francisco earthquake]]
* 1909 Sinking of {{RMS|Republic|1903|6}}
* 1911 Lloyd's Act
* 1912 [[Sinking of the RMS Titanic|Sinking of RMS ''Titanic'']]
* 1914 Sinking of {{RMS|Empress of Ireland}}
* 1925 Market relocated to its first owned building, at 12 [[Leadenhall Street]]
* 1955 Supported the [[Montgomery bus boycott]] by insuring the civil rights volunteers' [[carpool]] fleet after local insurers refused to
* 1956 Sinking of {{SS|Andrea Doria}}
* 1958 Market relocated to new owned building, at 51 [[Lime Street, London|Lime Street]]
* 1965 [[Hurricane Betsy]]
* 1968 [[Rowland Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer|Cromer]] report published
* 1977 F. H. "Tim" Sasse syndicate scandal<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spreadingtherisks.com/Lloyds.asp|title=Spreading the risks|access-date=17 April 2011|archive-date=23 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723095255/http://www.spreadingtherisks.com/Lloyds.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.truthaboutlloyds.com/news/news_obs_080598.html |title=Truth About Lloyds |publisher=Truth About Lloyds |date=5 August 1998 |access-date=22 March 2012}}</ref>
* 1978 {{ship||Amoco Cadiz}} disaster<ref name="Hodgson">{{cite book|last=Hodgson|first=Godfrey|title=Lloyd's of London: A Reputation at Risk|year=1984|publisher=Elisabeth Sifton Books – Viking Penguin, Inc. |location=New York|isbn=0-670-43595-3}}</ref>
* 1977 Computer leasing losses emerged<ref name=Hodgson/>
* 1979 [[Whiddy Island disaster|''Betelgeuse'' incident]]; [[Three Mile Island accident]]<ref name=Hodgson/>
* 1980 An Asbestos Working Party was created to monitor the increasing losses from asbestos injury
* 1982 Accountants Neville Russell warned that assessing the losses from asbestos injury was "an impossibility"
* 1982 Lloyd's Act
* 1986 Market relocated to the current [[Lloyd's building]], at 1 Lime Street
* 1988 [[Piper Alpha]] disaster<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lloyds.com/lloyds/about-us/history/catastrophes-and-claims/piper-alpha|title=1988 The Piper Alpha explosion – Lloyd's – The world's specialist insurance market. Also known as Lloyd's of London; is a market where members join together as syndicates to insure risks.|website=lloyds.com|access-date=20 May 2017|archive-date=28 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628144149/https://www.lloyds.com/lloyds/about-us/history/catastrophes-and-claims/piper-alpha|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 1989 [[Exxon Valdez oil spill|''Exxon Valdez'' oil spill]]; [[Hurricane Hugo]]; [[1989 Loma Prieta earthquake|Loma Prieta earthquake]]
* 1989 Lloyd's Community Programme founded, with first chairman [[Michael Wade (Trafalgar Park)|Michael Wade]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fundraising.co.uk/newswire/2009/02/07/lloyd039s-community-programme-celebrates-its-20th-year |title=Lloyd's Community Programme celebrates its 20th year |date=7 February 2009 |access-date=10 December 2012}}</ref>
* 1990s Escalation of the [[asbestosis]] affair and London market excess of loss (LMX) spiral
* 1991 [[Typhoon Mireille]]
* 1992 [[Hurricane Andrew]]
* 1993 [[1993 Bishopsgate bombing|Bishopsgate bombing]]<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=1993: IRA bomb devastates City of London |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/24/newsid_2523000/2523345.stm |work=BBC News |location= |date=24 April 1993 |access-date=24 March 2021}}</ref> and subsequent establishment of [[Pool Re]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Reinsurance (Acts of Terrorism) Act 1993|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/18/contents|website=National Archives }}</ref>
* 1994 [[1994 Northridge earthquake|Northridge earthquake]]
* 1994 Hardship Scheme set up to help Names whose losses exceeded their assets
* 1996 [[Equitas]] set up to harbour all pre-1993 exposures<ref>{{cite news |last=Griffiths |first=Katherine |date=6 October 2011 |title=Equitas day: final act in the Lloyd's nightmare |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/equitas-day-final-act-in-the-lloyd-s-nightmare-1341264.html |work=The Independent |location= |access-date=28 March 2021}}</ref>
* 2000 A group of Names led by Sir William Jaffray issue court proceedings alleging fraud
* 2001 [[September 11 attacks|World Trade Center attack]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Eisenhammer |first=John |date=23 October 2011 |title=Lloyd's faces huge new claims for Ground Zero compensation |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/lloyd-s-faces-huge-new-claims-for-ground-zero-compensation-493033.html |work=The Independent |location= |access-date=28 March 2021}}</ref>
* 2004 [[2004 Atlantic hurricane season|Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne]]
* 2005 [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season|Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Treanor |first=Jill |date=1 December 2005 |title=US hurricanes cost Lloyd's of London a record £2.9bn |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/dec/01/hurricanes2005.money |work=The Guardian |location= |access-date=15 April 2022}}</ref>
* 2006 [[Berkshire Hathaway]] assumed Equitas liabilities<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=Berkshire Steps Up for Equitas |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB116156280928100432 |work=The Wall Street Journal |location= |date=22 October 2006 |access-date=28 March 2021}}</ref>
* 2010 [[Deepwater Horizon explosion|''Deepwater Horizon'' disaster]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Crowley |first=Kevin|date=26 May 2010 |title=Lloyd's Sees Deepwater Horizon Claims at $600 Million |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2010-05-26/lloyd-s-of-london-sees-net-pretax-claims-from-chile-quake-at-1-4-billion |work=Bloomberg |location= |access-date=24 March 2021}}</ref>
* 2011 [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Neligan |first=Myles|date=28 March 2012 |title=Lloyd's Of London swings to second-worst loss |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lloydsoflondon-idUSBRE82R06F20120328 |work=Reuters |location= |access-date=24 March 2021}}</ref>
* 2013 [[Inga Beale]] appointed first female chief executive officer of Lloyd's<ref>{{cite news|author=Maria Tadeo |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/lloyds-of-london-appoints-first-ever-female-chief-executive-inga-beale-9008099.html |title=Lloyd's of London appoints first ever female chief executive Inga Beale – Business News – Business |work=The Independent |date=16 December 2013}}</ref>
* 2017 [[2017 Atlantic hurricane season|Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria]]<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=Lloyd's of London estimates Maria claims of $900 million, cuts Harvey, Irma estimates |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-insurance-hurricane/lloyds-of-london-estimates-net-claims-for-hurricane-maria-of-900-million-idUKKBN1CS1SH?edition-redirect=uk |work=Reuters |location= |date=23 October 2017 |access-date=24 March 2021}}</ref> and [[2017 California wildfires|California wildfires]]
* 2020 [[COVID-19 pandemic]] resulted in the first ever temporary closure of Lloyd's building<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=Coronavirus: Lloyd's of London expects to pay out £5bn in claims |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54091653 |work=BBC News |location= |date=10 September 2020 |access-date=24 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Makortoff |first=Kalyeena|date=1 September 2020 |title=Lloyd's of London reopens building for first time since March |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/sep/01/lloyds-of-london-reopens-building-for-first-time-since-march |work=The Guardian |location= |access-date=24 March 2021}}</ref>
* 2022 [[Hurricane Ian]] and losses arising out of the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]
* 2024 [[Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse|Baltimore Key Bridge collapse]]