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  Lloyds of London
Lloyd's began in Edward Lloyd's Thames-side coffee house in Tower Street in the City of London.
Lloyd himself was not involved in insurance but provided premises, reliable shipping news and a variety of services to enable his clientele of ships' captains, merchants and rich men to carry on their business of insuring ships and their cargoes.
Lloyd died in 1713 but the coffee house continued to prosper as a center for marine insurance.
www.insuranceconsultingcompany.com /lloyds.htm   (368 words)

  
 Lloyds of London ne Lloyds Coffee House
Simply that a coffee house was the birthplace of Lloyd's of London, which for more than two centuries was the most famous of all insurance company's.
Lloyd's coffee house served from the start as the headquarters for marine underwriters, in large part because of its excellent mercantile and shipping connections.
These were the original Members of Lloyd's; later, members came to be known as "Names." The Names committed all their worldly possessions and all their financial capital to secure their promise to make good on their customers' losses.
www.coffee.com.au /coffee_lloyds.htm   (927 words)

  
 Lloyds OF London Final Results
Lloyd's Franchise Board took decisive steps in 2003 to strengthen the market, and there will be no let up in thatwork.
Lloyd's announced today that the result for the 2001 year-of-account is a loss of #2,378 million.
Lloyd's undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
www.advfn.com /news_final-results_7322864.html   (1225 words)

  
 TIME Europe | Special Report - A Brief History | 2/21/2000
Pens, ink, and paper were free, as was news, provided by Lloyd's runners who scurried back and forth between the coffeehouse and the docks, gathering the latest information on the comings and goings of ships and their cargoes.
Lloyd's came of age insuring ships during a succession of wars culminating in the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815.
Lloyd's name was so potent in America--a household word--that in 1936 it was celebrated in a full-length Hollywood movie starring Tyrone Power.
www.time.com /time/europe/lloydsfile/lloydsa.html   (893 words)

  
 Lloyd's of London - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
While Lloyd was only the proprietor of the coffeehouse, his establishment was a popular place for sailors, merchants, and shipowners and Lloyd catered to them with reliable shipping news and a variety of services.
Lloyd's response was to commission a secret internal inquiry, known as the Cromer Report, which reported in 1968.
Lloyd's income counted as earned income, even for Names who did not work at Lloyd's, and this heavily influenced the direction of underwriting: in short, it was desirable for syndicates to make a (small) underwriting loss but a (larger) investment profit.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lloyds_of_London   (4092 words)

  
 Carib Offshore E&O Carrier Lloyds of London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Lloyd's in fact is not a company but a group of 122 underwriting syndicates who work together to combine their knowledge and experience to best cover a risk.
Lloyd's history began in a coffee house along the Thames in London in the late seventeenth century.
In the late 19th century the Society of Lloyd's was formed as this marine group developed into a source of insurance for all type of risks not just ships and their cargo.
www.carib-offshore.com /fidelityinsurancelloyds.htm   (179 words)

  
 LLOYDS OF LONDON - OWA ATTACHVIEW
Lloyd’s of London is a leading specialist insurance market providing insurance services to businesses from more than 190 countries and territories worldwide.
Members of Lloyd’s, or ‘capital providers’ as they are often known, accept insurance business through syndicates on a several basis for their own profit and loss (in other words, members of Lloyd’s are not jointly responsible for each other’s losses).
Lloyd’s members conduct their insurance business in syndicates, each of which is run by a managing agent.
www.re-soft.com /customer/lloyds.htm   (764 words)

  
 Lloyds of london insurance (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The present Lloyd's building (The lloyds building is the headquarters of the insurance institution lloyds of london, located in the city...)...
Lloyds of London: Sharia expansion is judicious move - Insurance...
Lloyds of London has confirmed its own predictions by revealing recently that it made a slight loss in 2005, due to the impact hurricane claims costs had on...
1895.qtkrh7.info.cob-web.org:8888   (1297 words)

  
 Lloyd's of London homepage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Lloyd’s offers first charter protection for shipowners: Seacuru has launched a new insurance policy designed to protect shipowners from losing a charter as a result of delays to repairs.
Lloyd’s underwriters are to provide the capacity for what is believed to be a world first for shipowners.
Lloyd's has announced its interim results for half year to 30 June 2006 on 27 September 2006.
www.lloydsoflondon.co.uk   (227 words)

  
 Lloyds of London, United Kingdom
It originated in a coffee house owned by one Edward Lloyd, where ships' captains, shipowners and merchants used to meet and arrange insurance for their vessels and cargoes.
Lloyds is not an insurance company in the usual sense of the term but a concern which arranges policies with individual insurance firms.
In the center of the interior under a baldachin hangs the bell recovered from the French frigate "Lutine" in 1799, which had a cargo of silver and which was insured with Lloyds.
www.planetware.com /london/lloyds-of-london-gb-l-ll.htm   (300 words)

  
 LondonTown.com | Lloyds Wharf Guide | Lloyds Wharf London, SE1, England, UK | London Streets by Street
The nearest underground station to Lloyds Wharf is 'Bermondsey ' which is about 13 minutes to the South East.
Located within yards of two of London’s most famous landmarks, Tower Bridge and HMS Belfast, this hotel is ideal for visitors doing business or attending functions in the city.
Situated on the banks of the River Thames, next to the Tower of London and Tower Bridge and very close to the financial district, this four-star hotel offers well-equipped bedrooms, apartments and suites, all with superb views overlooking St Katherine’s Dock.
www.londontown.com /LondonStreets/lloyds_wharf_c19.html   (501 words)

  
 BITC - Lloyds of London - 'Police Mentoring Scheme'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
He felt that exposure to ways in which other sectors, industries and organisations approach management issues would be beneficial for his team in developing their own management skills.
Lloyd’s business mentors help senior police officers develop skills such as change management and business planning as well as personal development issues, thereby helping them to respond to some of the most challenging policing environments in the country and support their efforts to reduce crime and counter terrorism.
The initial pilot of the programme in Tower Hamlets was so successful that the programme rapidly expanded to neighbouring boroughs of Hackney and Newham and has led to interest from other parts of the country.
www.bitc.org.uk /resources/case_studies/lloydsoflondon.html   (448 words)

  
 Lloyd's of London by Richard Rogers
For example, with a responsible client such as Lloyd's, our contact with its Chairman, Head of Development, board of directors and numerous user committees was on literally a day to day basis...
This vision of the dedicated and sensitive senior client, as an exhortation to others, have lost some of their impact with the later knowledge that the financial crisis that devastated Lloyd's was brewing during the period of the building design.
The Lloyd's building is in the heart of the City of London, close to Bank underground station.
www.galinsky.com /buildings/lloyds   (435 words)

  
 Lloyd's of London homepage (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Insurance industry urged to step back 'from the edge of the cliff':  Lloyd’s director of Worldwide Markets, Julian James, has warned that the insurance industry is in danger of eroding the progress it has made through complacency in a speech to the US insurance industry.
Lloyd's is a registered trade mark of the Society of Lloyd's
Lloyd's is authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
www.lloyds.com.cob-web.org:8888   (227 words)

  
 »»Lloyds-of-London Reviews«« (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The author, Todd London, is currently the Artistic Director at New Dramatist in New York City.
London knows that that's what's going on, and he writes with sympathy for all concerned, and without the more self-conscious bemoaning that would be expected of a XXIst century writer.
Excellent introduction to Lloyds, the incestuous relationship among the insiders, and how the insiders used their superior knowledge coupled with the myths surrounding historic Lloyds to dupe individuals into becomming Names.
www.financial-book-review.com.cob-web.org:8888 /Listed-option/Lloyds-of-London   (1648 words)

  
 Pictures of the Lloyds Building - London
The Lloyds Building should be seen after dark.
It is built in 1986 by the architecture that also designed Centre Pompidou in Paris, Richard Rogers.
Even when you see the Lloyds building more times, you can walk around it in astonishment, looking up all the way.
www.bamjam.net /Uk/Lloyds.html   (108 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | UK | England | London | Islamic banking expands in London
Lloyds TSB is to extend its financial services for Muslims to a branch in east London.
Lloyds said it wanted to offer a service to Muslims who are not allowed to pay or accept interest, which meets the needs of their faith.
Gordon Rankin, current account director of Lloyds TSB, said: "London is a melting pot of different cultures and is home to the vast majority of the UK's Muslims.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4487749.stm   (269 words)

  
 The Lloyds Building, London - SkyscraperCity
The Lloyd’s Building is one of the most famous modern buildings in London.
The Lloyd’s Building is located in the most ancient quarter of London.
While walking through the neighbouring streets it is already possible to see parts of the glazed facades of the atrium or the service towers which are clad in stainless steel sandwich panels.
www.skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=256925   (645 words)

  
 Boing Boing: Lloyds of London to offer insurance for corporate open source users   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Venerable, rock-ribbed insurer Lloyd's of London is planning on offering liability insurance to users of Open Source software who are worried about getting slapped with patent and copyright suits:
Lloyd's of London is close to offering independent insurance protection worldwide against potential IP litigation involving Linux and open source software.
Arguably, one of the worst-case scenarios is the so-called "colorable case" - where there is no substance to an IP claim, but a company is forced to waste millions of dollars to defend the claim or settles early for a large sum to make the case go away.
www.boingboing.net /2005/08/15/lloyds_of_london_to_.html   (257 words)

  
 EDWARD LLOYD'S COFFE SHOP TOWER BRIDGE STREET LONDON : MARINE INSURANCE, INSURE YOUR YACHT SAILING BOAT SHIP CRUISE ...
Lloyds began in Edward Lloyd's coffee house in Tower Street in the City of London, beside the river Thames.
The exact date it became established is not known, however there is evidence to suggest that Lloyd's coffee house was well known in business circles in London by 1688.
Lloyd provided the premises but was not himself involved in insurance.
www.solarnavigator.net /lloyds_of_london.htm   (525 words)

  
 Live views of insurer Beazley at Lloyds of London
View the trading floor from these web cams at Beazley's insurance underwriters in the famous Lloyd's of London.
Lloyd's of London is the world's leading insurance market with the capacity to accept insurance premiums of �14.9 billion in 2004.
With thanks to Beazley insurance underwriters for these webcams inside Lloyd's of London.
www.camvista.com /england/other/beazley01.php3   (113 words)

  
 Lloyd's building - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Lloyd's building is the home of the insurance institution Lloyd's of London, and is located in Lime Street, in the City of London.
The 11th floor houses the Committee Room, an 18th century dining-room originally designed for the 2nd Earl of Shelburne by Robert Adam in 1763: it was transferred piece-by-piece from the previous (1958) Lloyd's building across the road.
The first (1928) Lloyd's building was demolished to make way for the present one.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lloyd's_building   (473 words)

  
 3D max lloyds architecture london
This is an external model of the Lloyds of London corporate headquarters, designed by Sir Richard Rogers between 1970 and 1984.
Likened to an oil rig, the building is best known for its hi tech appearance, with its building workings all exposed on the exterior.
This model is from the London Landmarks Collection, a set of 33 of London’s most famous buildings and monuments, available as a set, or separately from Turbo Squid.
www.turbosquid.com /FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/190230   (144 words)

  
 Railtrack, Lloyds of London Web hacker explains motives | The Register
Interview A member of a group which hacked into the Lloyds of London web site twice in one day has explained his intent in an exclusive interview with The Register.
Over the New Year, Lloyds and a number of other sites including Railtrack UK, Eidos, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) suffered attacks to their sites from groups appearing to act in concert.
As I mentioned earlier, hackers have resources unavailable to the general public, meaning a system administrator may think his site is secure, but, some one some where has a method of breaking in.
www.theregister.co.uk /2000/01/06/railtrack_lloyds_of_london_web   (818 words)

  
 Lloyds of London | Europe | Arup
Lloyds of London's key requirement for their new building was flexibility.
Architect Richard Rogers & Partners and Arup as structural and services engineer responded to this challenge by grouping vertical circulation and other services in six satellite towers and supporting the structure on external columns.
This design response to the client's brief resulted in a building that since its completion in 1986 has become a well-known London landmark.
www.arup.com /europe/project.cfm?pageid=107   (108 words)

  
 London Reinsurance Group - Home
London Reinsurance Group Inc. (LRG) has been providing financial support to insurers and reinsurers since we began operations in 1989.
LRG is wholly owned by London Life Insurance Company, a subsidiary of The Great-West Life Assurance Company.
Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life are members of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies.
www.lrg.com   (127 words)

  
 Rolling Stone : Crowes Sue Lloyds of London
Before the tour began, both Page and the Crowes purchased a policy from Lloyd's insuring against loss in case the tour, or any portion of it, was canceled.
According to the lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles on March 1st, Lloyd's has refused to compensate the Black Crowes for the loss.
The suit states that Lloyd's placed "their own self-interest ahead of the rights and needs of their customers" and "Lloyd's has embarked on a malicious course of conduct that threatens the interests, rights and livelihood of the Black Crowes." The suit demands Lloyd's of London to pay compensatory and punitive damages.
www.rollingstone.com /news/story/5931929/crowes_sue_lloyds_of_london   (312 words)

  
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Lloyd's of London is the world's leading specialist insurance market.
Find out what's new at Lloyd's, search for brokers or underwriters or read the latest insurance news.
1 Introduction The risk management toolkit Lloyd's has developed a risk management toolkit to help to develop risk management practice across the Lloyd's market.
www.lloyds.com /search/search.aspx?q=homepages&bt=1   (201 words)

  
 Lloyds of London Posters: "Lloyds of London (Style A)" movie poster
Lloyds of London Posters: "Lloyds of London (Style A)" movie poster
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