So, two months in and I haven’t killed anyone, and more importantly, not embarrassed myself to any greater extent than is normal. The desk has been toiling away in their busiest time of the year, wading through an influx of proposed Business Plans for 2010 from every Syndicate in the market, and I’ve really enjoyed [...]

Last week I blogged about how Lloyd’s had chosen against recruiting “Terrible Terry Tate”.  I don’t want all of you to get the wrong impression though.  I have now heard that the Council of Lloyd’s made that decision strictly on health and safety considerations.
The important point here is that triple T’s application was not rejected due [...]

Someone commented on a previous posting and asked me questions about career development and how much maths you need at Lloyd’s.
First, Ashfaque, thank you for commenting—you’re the first!
Second, as to the maths, it’s quite difficult to answer because everyone’s different. I’ve done A-level maths and did some courses at University, but not very much. Some of [...]

Walking to Lloyd’s for my first day of ‘real work’ was a slightly surreal experience after a gap year of climbing expeditions, sailing and playing cricket.
I’d had a pretty high level of contact from Lloyd’s before starting, so I wasn’t worried as we knew exactly what to expect – but I suppose there was still [...]

So these are the bright sparks Lloyd’s have got in on their new graduate scheme? 
Like most students I still didn’t really have a clue about what I wanted to do for a career, my dreams of becoming an astronaut were definitely not going to materialise so I had to look elsewhere….
I heard about the new [...]

If you’re reading this you’re probably wondering what life would be like and what you would actually be doing if you were working at Lloyd’s. I’d imagine that many of you will also be trying to work out exactly what Lloyd’s does.
Hopefully, at this stage you’ve ascertained that we have absolutely nothing to do with [...]