On the Brink [electronic resource] : How a Crisis Transformed Lloyd's of London /
Duguid, Andrew.author.
Huge losses very nearly destroyed Lloyd's, a revered British institution, the world's largest insurance market. Ten thousand people faced big personal bills they thought profoundly unfair. They challenged a complacent institution, forcing it to confront its biggest ever crisis. This book tells what really happened, from the inside.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright ; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Pictures; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1 Inside Out; 2 Hidden Trains; 3 Alarm Bells; 4 Fresh Start; 5 The Chasm; 6 Last Chance; 7 Struggling; 8 Tightrope; 9 Aftermath; 10 Reflections; Appendix 1: Businesses at Lloyd's; Appendix 2: Names' Minimum Wealth and Deposit Requirements 1969-2002; Appendix 3: The Evolution of Lloyd's Governance; Appendix 4: Lloyd's Global Results for the 1980-97 Years of Account; Appendix 5: Alternative Analyses; Appendix 6: The Changing Capital Structure at Lloyd's 1994-2013
Key Characters, Firms and InstitutionsChronology of Key Events; Glossary of Terms; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Huge losses very nearly destroyed Lloyd's, a revered British institution, the world's largest insurance market. Ten thousand people faced big personal bills they thought profoundly unfair. They challenged a complacent institution, forcing it to confront its biggest ever crisis. This book tells what really happened, from the inside.
Lloyd's (Firm)
Macroeconomics.
Corporations-Finance.
Investment banking.
Securities.
Insurance.
Corporate governance.
Economic history.
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.
Corporate Finance.
Investments and Securities.
Insurance.
Corporate Governance.
Economic History.