Skip to main content
Journal Magazine: Informing Workplace and Facilities Management Professionals - return to the homepage Journal magazine logo
  • Search
  • Visit Journal Magazine on Instagram
  • Visit Journal Magazine on Twitter
  • Visit @Journal_Mag on Facebook
Visit the website of the Chartered Insurance Institute Logo of the Chartered Insurance Institute

Main navigation

  • Home
  • News
  • News analysis
  • Features
  • Study Room
    • A-Z
    • Question and Answer (Q&A)
    • Study Room Features
  • Opinion
  • CII Radio
  • Events
  • Digital Magazine
    • The Asia-Pacific Journal
Quick links:
  • Home
  • News

Learning from history

Share on
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Linked in
  • Mail
  • Print
Open-access content Wednesday 5th July 2017

Article hero image.

In May the Bolton institute took 10 members down to Lloyd's of London for a daytrip.

Philip Roath, motor engineer at Axa Insurance, shares his experience of the day: "Our tour started at Lloyd's with Nick Plastow from the CII. A modern and functional building, we were told that the strict dress code had been relaxed to reflect this, however we were hard pushed to find anyone actually break the convention. We saw Lloyd's through the ages, from the old library to the state of the art trading floor where we were enlightened as to how a syndicate works in practice.

"For anyone who doesn't work there, I think 'reinsurance for large risks' is the best way to describe Lloyd's. They are equipped to handle high value low volume such as aviation, marine, or reinsurance of a book of business for regulatory reasons, or even just to spread the risk. It is very much the opposite of volume motor insurance to the general public. A little like mass and complex. The big insurers do mass and low value, whereas Lloyd's do complex and high value."

See www.cii.co.uk/bolton for further event details or follow them on Twitter @BoltonCII

You may also be interested in...

  • WOMEN HEADING FOR POVERTY IN LATER LIFE
  • Gemma Peckham wins Cambridge Young Achiever of the Year
  • Southampton goes live
Filed in:
News

You might also like...

Share
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Linked in
  • Mail
  • Print

Today's top reads

BECOME A MEMBER

BECOME A MEMBER

SUBSCRIBE TO PRINT

SUBSCRIBE TO PRINT
The-Journal_NEW.png
​
FOLLOW US
Twitter
Facebook
Youtube
CONTACT US
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7880 6200
Email
Advertise with us
​

About the CII

About us
Membership
Qualifications
Events

The Journal

Digital magazine
Podcasts
Blog
News

General Information

Privacy Policy
Terms & Conditions
Cookie Policy

Get in touch

Contact us
Advertise with us
Write for The Journal
Want to receive The Journal?

© 2022 • The Journal Magazine is published by Redactive Media Group. All rights reserved. Reproduction of any part is not allowed without written permission.

Redactive Media Group Ltd, 71-75 Shelton Street, London WC2H 9JQ