Comments on: Adam Dant At Lloyds Of London https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/10/22/adam-dant-at-lloyds-of-london/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 23 Oct 2014 16:49:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: C R https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/10/22/adam-dant-at-lloyds-of-london/#comment-588163 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 09:29:13 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=122464#comment-588163 Dear Gentle Author,

Shurely shome mischievous mishtake with the “he said they said”?

I actually gave Mr Dant the quote myself having passed it on from an underwriter. This is a well known, insider’s market saying that goes “if your son is not clever enough for banking or fit enough for Sandhurst then you can always send him to Lloyd’s”. Not quite as appealing to people who have little experience or knowledge of the City but like to paint it with a single brush.

I doubt that anyone working in insurance (or in fact in any line of work) is actually silly enough to call themselves stupid and disorganised and from experience Lloyd’s is certainly a place where anyone who was stupid or disorganised would have nowhere to hide.

Much like any other market or trading floor in London, whether Billingsgate, Columbia Road, Brick Lane, the Stock Exchange or Metal Exchange those who are not quick thinking and organised do not last long in the front line and are quickly replaced with those who are more astute and efficient.

In this way the Lloyd’s market and insurance in general is in fact very meritocratic as it offers opportunity to those who are capable and in my experience is one of the few industries that values and makes equal space for the 16 year old school leaver from Essex as much as the public school boy with an Oxbridge degree.

]]> By: Victoria https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/10/22/adam-dant-at-lloyds-of-london/#comment-587592 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 04:53:31 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=122464#comment-587592 Rather like the Escher- like style to this, though close inspection seems to show it’s all possible!

]]> By: John https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/10/22/adam-dant-at-lloyds-of-london/#comment-586567 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 21:42:54 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=122464#comment-586567 I know that as an illustrator myself there are few things I fear more than the dreaded ‘crowd scene’. But this fellow seems to take right to it!

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/10/22/adam-dant-at-lloyds-of-london/#comment-585142 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:15:18 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=122464#comment-585142 Delicious and dazzling: “The Used Cardealers” — I was quite amused! But I think Adam Dant understates the reality…!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Bronchitikat https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/10/22/adam-dant-at-lloyds-of-london/#comment-585059 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 11:37:28 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=122464#comment-585059 Where’s Wally?

]]> By: Vicky https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/10/22/adam-dant-at-lloyds-of-london/#comment-584983 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 11:01:20 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=122464#comment-584983 Adam Dant is so witty, I love his work, such a laugh. All the elements of the building’s interior are there (I visited during Open House) with lashings of imagination on top telling this fantastical story. Look forward to more.

]]> By: Scarlet Blue https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/10/22/adam-dant-at-lloyds-of-london/#comment-584630 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 08:40:16 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=122464#comment-584630 I was an underpaid box assistant (claims). No way were we allowed mugs of tea on the box!
Sx

P.S Love this drawing but feel I must point out that women have been allowed to work in the underwriting room since 1972/3.

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