Private investigator in Lloyd's of London blue-chip hacking claim

A private investigator who was jailed last year for his role in the blue-chip hacking storm has claimed that insurers at Lloyd's of London were among his clients, it has been reported.

Last week, it emerged that ten insurance companies had been implicated in the use of the "rogue element of the private investigation industry", according to the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca). 

And the Mail on Sunday reported that former Metropolitan Police detective John Spears had been employed by three international law firms which were working for underwriters in the Lloyd's market.

Spears reportedly claimed that underwriters would ask him directly, or through lawyers, to carry out