Insurance market’s honesty is welcome, as is £12m programme to increase ethnic diversity in workplace, but more must be done
Lloyd’s of London accused of ‘reparations washing’ over response to slave trade review
Modern Britain’s slow, contested moves towards facing the crimes of its past have two connected parts: acknowledging the history, and acting to repair it – making reparations.
The insurance titan Lloyd’s of London, multibillion pound cornerstone of the City’s wealth, power and renown, has taken steps since 2020 to admit its immense historic involvement in slavery, and has published powerful research on the evidence in its archives.
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