On the Brink: How a Crisis Transformed Lloyd's of London
- ISBN-10
- 1137299304
- ISBN-13
- 9781137299307
- Series
- On the Brink
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 382
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-08-07
- Publisher
- Springer
- Author
- Andrew Duguid
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.
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- 2020-08-27
- 242 pages
- Paperback
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- 2018-11-29
- 248 pages
- Paperback
- Cambridge University Press
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