Lloyd's of London chief executive John Neal has described the findings of a survey into sexual harassment at the world's biggest and oldest insurance market as "totally unacceptable".
More than 6,000 people working there responded to a survey conducted by the Banking Standard Board on behalf of Lloyd's. Nearly 500 (8%) said they had either suffered or observed sexual harassment in the past 12 months. The survey, which was sent out to the 45,000 people who work within Lloyd's, revealed the experience of women working there is "much less positive" than it is for men. Overall the gender balance is 50:50. However, of the corporations senior leaders, only 34% are women. "That's pretty stark and totally unacceptable," said John Neal, Lloyd's CEO. "The survey is validatin...
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