NU Online News Service, March 30, 1:35 p.m. EDT

Lloyd's says its 2010 before-tax profits dropped nearly 42 percent to £2.19 billion ($3.44 billion at current exchange rate) compared to £3.87 billion ($5.9 billion) in 2009.

Richard Ward, Lloyd's CEO, says the results are solid "in a year with a slightly higher than average number of natural catastrophes. And 2011 has already been an extraordinary year of tragic natural disasters."

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