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title: The Faster Route Into Lloyd's Comes With a Size Cap and a Catastrophe Limit
description: A Syndicate in a Box writes under £100 million in year one and may take only incidental catastrophe exposure. Greenlight's 3456 goes full in 2027.
author: Darie Nani (Editor-in-Chief)
date: 2026-07-30T13:03:44.071Z
updated: 2026-08-03T11:07:18.310Z
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Lloyd's of London runs a scaled-down way in for new underwriters. A [Syndicate in a Box](https://www.lloyds.com/about-lloyds/join-lloyds-market/underwriter/syndicate-in-a-box) is a real, market-facing syndicate, but it may write less than £100 million of gross written premium in its first year, it may take only incidental exposure to the five [catastrophe](https://www.sovereignmagazine.com/article/farmers-california-wildfire-business-policies-rating-plan) perils Lloyd's treats as its most significant, and it is expected to write predominantly short-tail business. In exchange it gets a faster approval timeline, a reduced application fee, proportionate oversight and exemption from a number of Lloyd's financial reporting requirements.

Greenlight Capital Re began underwriting through one on 1 April 2022. Its Greenlight Innovation Syndicate 3456 has now received in principle approval from Lloyd's to become a full syndicate, with effect from 1 January 2027.

## The Perils a Syndicate in a Box May Not Take On

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