Lloyd's of London
Corporate office Lloyd's of London, 1 Lime St, London EC3M 7HA, United Kingdom:
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Address: 1 Lime St, London EC3M 7HA, United Kingdom
Website: lloyds.com
Phone number: +44 20 7327 1000
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Latitude: 51.5131949Longitude: -0.0820706
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Audrea Allen
This building is an interesting idea.. getting old now and everything is being built around it extremely high so you cant see it from afar in the same way. Inside the glass lifts are very fun! The guts on the outside do block some of the views from the inside. Sometimes it is difficult to navigate inside and its extremely busy on the trading floor in normal times.
Its normally full of people insuring and reinsuring themselves and their clients over and over again until it all ends up in Bermuda where the pot of gold is at the end of the rainbow.
1 month ago
Steve Hassan
This is a beautiful but crazy building, with all the normal stuff that’s usually on the inside is actually with this building on the outside, Which makes this building so interesting
1 month ago
Shawn Zafar
If you can get in, take a gander and feel history. Unlike other exchanges where electronics have replaced people, this is still a space where bright people come together to explain and define risk that needs cover. The energy is still electric and the history shines through despite the new building in a great London neighborhood. Worth a visit and a gander.
11 months ago
green kitty
This is the oldest insurance organization in the world and the most famous insurance & reinsurance market in the world and it is a very international organization where a lot of international insurers & re-insurers are operating and working in Lloyds. I used to come for business many times but today was the first time to have the opportunity to picture it inside.
2 months ago
kylania
Great office building, very different of what is there on the market.
3 months ago
Hope Webster
Very interesting to visit. Through the tour, you understand the history of Lloyd, how it transform from a coffee shop to insurance market place which still running and growing fast. Problem is this tour is not open to the public. You need to be nominated by someone who is working inside in order to join the tour with very strict security check. Formal dressing is a must also.
3 months ago
Chewe Lopez
An unique building located in central bussiness district of London.
8 months ago
Kim Mullard
This is an iconic building and great to visit. It is a private office so you can only view the outside. It is a good idea to visit on a weekend, as there will be fewer people in the City. Also the views at night are great as it is illuminated with different colours.
2 months ago
Nick Kopf
Great building and love the history behind it, its connection to insurance and the lost book!
2 months ago
Laurie Rich
Fascinating building. All staff were very proud of their building and happy to talk about it. Great views from the meeting rooms.
4 months ago
david brotherton
Fantastic and iconic building. Home of insurance. Trading floors are a superb experience. Some of the state rooms at the top are also really nice as is the library in the basement. Office space is understandably limited. Always a pleasure to visit.
6 months ago
Abby Adams
Fake PR environmental promises, Lloyd's is wreaking havoc with fragile ecosystems in the Bahamas. Untrustworthy, without integrity, avoid!
4 months ago
Hix Hardy
Worlds premier insurance market place not open to the public but the Lloyd's 1986 building is one of the youngest listed building in the United kingdom and quite fascinating.
3 months ago
David Haskins
My favourite building in that area, best of Lloyd’s masterpiece
6 months ago
Hasan Shokor
It's one of my favourite modern buildings, very futuristic. It is an example of Bowellistic architechture. It's designed by Richard Roger & partners(same that built the Centre Pompidou in Paris).
Note the ducts and lifts on the exterior part of the building the round windows, the stairs... Everything makes you feel that you are inside the Blade Runner movie of Ridley Scott, or one of the many Star Wars, as it might also make you feel that you are in Gotham.
9 months ago
Timothy Pendrys
Quite the incredible education and respect gained for Lloyd’s while visiting.
2 months ago
Heather MacDougall
Utterly amazing building and fascinating business. Love every inch of the place. The incorporation of historic rooms make it particularly interesting. Make sure you don't miss the Nelson exhibits.
5 months ago
Tim Causey
Beautiful place
4 months ago
Alex Berti
Atrocious in every regard. Can you believe they’re refusing to pay out companies pandemic insurance because they believe this isn’t a qualifying pandemic? The underwriters here all deserve to lose their jobs and fear for financial security.
2 months ago
Jessica Wallace
If you can get in, take a gander and feel history. Unlike other exchanges where electronics have replaced people, this is still a space where bright people come together to explain and define risk that needs cover. The energy is still electric and the history shines through despite the new building in a great London neighborhood. Worth a visit and a gander.
6 months ago
Terry Logan
Beautiful building. A name full of history
2 months ago
Christopher Dysart
Rich History. Specialty market.
A sandwich and coke for £5. Not bad for an in-house cafe.
9 months ago
Henri CHRETIEN
Lloyd's of London is the oldest insurance company in the world.
This Lloyd's building (sometimes known as the Inside-Out Building) is the home of the insurance institution Lloyd's of London. It is located on the former site of East India House in Lime Street, in London's main financial district, the City of London.
Our small group received an honorary invitation to attend their office and see how they works in underwriters room and also learn its history. In my opinion, this is a modern office and a museum about the history of insurance in the world.
Things I would share here (because this is off-limit to the public to enter the building) are about my visit and what we saw there, in short, they were:
1. An insurance letter against Titanic ships and several companies that participated in re-insured. Wow, how I amazed to see the movie of Titanic, but this one is proof of history about Titanic.
2. In the middle of the room, we saw a bell hanging there, according to the staff who accompanied us the name of the Bell is La Lutine taken from the French naval frigate La Lutine captured by the British at Toulon in 1793. The ship was consequently renamed HMS Lutine as a battleship for 6 years and become a transport ship and on the last journey of this ship brought a vast sum of gold and silver insured at Lloyd's and bound for Hamburg and the entirety of the ship's cargo was lost.
So this bell is a symbol of the history of the huge blow for Lloyd's financially, but it also cemented the company's reputation for settling even the most incredible losses.
3. A display cabinet dedicated to Admiral Lord Nelson. As underwriters of marine insurance, Lloyd's was heavily indebted to the protection and safety the Royal Navy and Nelson provided for ships to cross the oceans,
4. At the end of our visit, we were taken to a large dining room called the Adam Room where all the ornaments and contents were truly ancient and original inside a modern building.
The room is used by the Council of Lloyd's is an adaptation of the original dining room of Bowood House in Wiltshire. Designed in 1763
This dining room is moved part by part into a wholly original one to the new Lloyd's premises in Lime Street.
That was really a great experience to visit the Lloyd of London office.
4 months ago
Diane Naoum
Absolutely great building ????
5 months ago
DINESH VASAMSETTI
Opened in 1986 this futuristic building became an instant landmark - and rightfully so. With all its lifts, staircases and pipes on the outside it looks straight out of a SciFi movie.
Unfortunately it is not possible to go inside as a tourist.
2 months ago
Emma Lauren
Beautiful industrial design, as well inside
10 months ago
Donna Alberti
Beautiful building with a rich history. A must for serious investors.
6 months ago
joe cain
trade in mulch from binweevils
2 months ago
Tyler Lu
A Futuristic building by Richard Rogers.
2 months ago
Concepcion Florian
Fantastic building
6 months ago
Erin Terry
Went there as a tourist. No tour is available which is quite disappointing. Should consider to arrange public tour so as to further promote the insurance industry
1 month ago
Jimmy Yao
Company which till this profited from the Atlantic slave trade, we have not forgotten.
10 months ago
exotic illusion
Beautiful and it's HR team was so kind and helpful
9 months ago
Ryan Luiken
One of my most favorite buildings of all time
3 months ago
Brian Ambrose
Business only. If you are invited then it is a great coffee house. Full of atmosphere.lunch is self serve and quick.staff are brilliant.
As a tourist spot absolutely brilliant.(you need to be invited).
For insurance business it is unrivalled.
5 months ago
Vern Bentley
One of the most iconic buildings in London with lots of history inside.
2 months ago
ishibashi tomohiro
I broke in Lloyd's so not sure how to review! It is steeped in history and a truly unique place. It has many different interesting features but it also has a hairdressers, Bupa approved medical facility, massive coffee shop and some of the best board room facilities in London. The only thing that would be better is if they sorted the escalators out which keep breaking down and squeaking all the time.
4 months ago
Cindy
an iconic building in London with alot of history luckily enough i was invited in to have a guided tour fantastic decor and really interesting artifacts
2 months ago
Anshuman Mehrotra
I work in insurance so probably rather basis towards it. But full of history and this resonates to today. Great if you know someone to get you in and give you a really good tour around
3 weeks ago
leany flores
Very Iconic structured building.
2 months ago
Katie Day
A marketplace unlike any in the world. A place where sharp minds and sharp fountain pens collide to hold up some of the most complex risks in the world
3 weeks ago
S G
Interesting to learn the history of insurance industry and how it all started. The history of the building too.
3 months ago
Corey Johnson
Not well signposted and once there it is a very frantic environment. I had to ask three times before the front of house team could properly direct me to the correct room.
5 months ago
Joel Hassebrock
This is as iconic as London buildings get. Due to the very strict nature of the place, you will not be allowed entry unless you conform to their dress code, have a prearranged visit and in some cases have ties to the insurance industry. It’s as spectacular inside as it is outside with its glass elevators/lifts and atrium that spans he height of the building. If you do get a chance to go inside, try to find the scales model of the building, the paintings and the hidden gem is the conference room from the previous location that’s been preserved inside this modern centrepiece. Too bad that all the other buildings around are being torn down and their replacements are all overshadowing Lloyd’s. This results in a very cramped view as it’s no longer even close to being the tallest building around.
3 weeks ago
Allison Fields
A private tour through Llyod's of London brings the rich history of how, why, where and what into perspective. A global titan in reinsurance and the marine industry, we come to appreciate the tour and how it came to Singapore and helped us become specialised in the marine sector.
3 months ago
david mccleary
Amazing place
10 months ago
Martyna Laszcz
Amazing building. The heart of insurance the world over. If you're lucky enough to be invited inside, take one the famous glass lifts to the top floor and look down at the Underwriting Room. Awesome.
3 weeks ago
Sailaja Mandavilly
One of London's great global institutions. Wonderful atmospheric place to work. Great community: has its own choir, cycling club, language clubs, photography club...
6 months ago
D Brooks
Nice engineering masterpiece.
3 months ago
Corey Allert
Mecca of Insurance....chemical factory look shaping and protecting everyone by providing cover against unforeseen losses.
3 months ago
