Throwback Thursday: Lloyd’s looks to Tower Hamlets; Budget blow
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to May 1990 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history: Lloyd’s was looking to Tower Hamlets and the sector was horrified by one of the worst ever years for natural catastrophe losses.
5 May 1990: Lloyd’s community pushLloyd’s unveiled an initiative to “encourage awareness of the enormous recruitment potential of suitably trained local staff available in the Spitalfields district of
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