Insurer Offers $1.3 Million Reward in Jewel Heist

Tuesday, August 6, 2013 10:47 pm | < 1 Minute Read

This undated image made available from Lloyds of London Tuesday Aug. 6, 2013, shows a jeweled necklace, part of a $136 million (102 million euro) jewel theft. (AP Photo/Lloyds of London)

An affiliate of Lloyds of London is offering a 1 million euro ($1.3 million) reward for information leading to a diamond collection stolen at gunpoint from a jewel show in Cannes.

The jewels belonging to the Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev were on display in a hotel when a single gunman walked in to the ground floor show, threatened the handful of unarmed guards, and then disappeared down a side street with the $136 million cache, police have said.

The July 28 theft at the Carlton Intercontinental Hotel ranks among the largest jewel heists in history. In 2008, thieves stole $118 million in rings, necklaces and luxury watches from the Harry Winston store in Paris.

Lloyds announced the reward Tuesday.

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