Wholesale Desk
Insurance solutions for hard-to-place risks
Wholesale Desk
Why use LAUW?
Direct access to the London Market
We leverage established relationships with Lloyd’s syndicates for bespoke placement solutions.
Hard to place solutions
We specialise in finding cover for risks that fall outside local underwriting appetite, binder constraints or limit restrictions.
Efficient placement process
Our strong London broker relationships mean faster turnaround and direct access to underwriters.
Specialist knowledge
Our deep expertise across Professional and Financial Lines helps place niche and emerging exposures.
Beyond binder limits
We go beyond local binder parameters to deliver tailored alternatives where certain options do not fit.
Proven relationships
Years of collaboration with trusted London relationships ensure competitive and strong terms.
Clear communications
Transparent updates, realistic expectations and honest market feedback.
Wholesale Desk
Appetite / Capacity
Professional Indemnity
We handle complex PI risks, including those in emerging professions, evolving business models and niche professions that typically fall outside domestic market appetite.
Directors & Officers:
We can help source D&O placements where local markets have restrictions, or entities with complex ownership structures, start-ups, or those risks in need of higher excess capacity.
Combined PI/PL
For businesses requiring seamless cover across professional services and manual work, recruitment agencies and an appetite for design & engineers, design and construction, surveyors/estate agents.
Preferred risks:
- Management Consultants
- Recruitment
- Sports Agents
- Training Companies
- Translators/Interpreters
D&E
- Electrical
- HVAC
- Mechanical
D&C
- Electrical
- Fitting out and interior design
- HVAC
- Mechanical
Liability
If you’re dealing with a Construction or Casualty risk that doesn’t fit within binder guidelines – whether that’s due to contract requirements or high-risk operations, we can help.
Key product coverages:
- Annual & Single Project construction
- Asbestos Liability
- Bushfire Liability
- Commercial General Liability
- Environmental Coverage – including Contractors Pollution (CPL) and Premises Pollution Liability (PPL)
- Excess/Umbrella Liability
- Products Liability & Product Recall Insurance
- Standalone Abuse and Sexual Molestation Liability
- Standalone Communicable and Infectious Disease Liability
- Standalone Manufacturers Errors & Omissions
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