Lloyd's: Managing a Mythic Transformation.

From: Risk & Insurance | Date: September 1, 2000| Author: ZINKEWICZ, PHIL | Copyright information

While awaiting the resolution of the contentious lawsuits that have harried it for much of the '90s, the storied Lloyd's insurance and reinsurance market looks ahead to a new era. Experts and insiders speak of the Lloyd's strategy for cutting costs, reversing the myth of decline, and breaking ground with a captive regime and a U.S. strategy.

Lloyd's of London has undergone a remarkable metamorphosis in the last two decades. As recently as the 1980s, Lloyd's was the Goli...

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