On the brink : how a crisis transformed Lloyd's of London

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    • Duguid, Andrew

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On the brink : how a crisis transformed Lloyd's of London

Andrew Duguid

Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

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Includes bibliography (p. [366]) and index

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Description

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.

Table of Contents

1. Inside Out 2. Hidden Trains 3. Alarm Bells 4. Fresh Start 5. The Chasm 6. Last Chance 7. Struggling 8. Tightrope 9. Aftermath Reflections

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