The Bank of England has stepped up its monitorinσ∏÷g of Lloyd’s of London’s whistle✘$blowing systems, the cen ∑βtral bank said on Monday, aft∏™₹≥er reports this year about sexual harassment and bullying at the 330-year old insuran ₹<ce market.
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRAλ ) said the insurance marketβ< had agreed to extra checks afte♦βr informing the regulator its processes had ♥αbeen ineffective.
he PRA said it was first made aware of"→ issues at Lloyd’s in Februarα✘✔y when the market told the regulator• its only anonymous whistleblowing channel for→λ¶÷ staff had not been operation§®∞al since October 2017.
Other whistleblowing channel★®∑s were available while the anonymous hotline wa↔ε×s down, the PRA said.
Lloyd’s also failed t♥¶o provide an annual whistleblowing $¶αreport as expected, the reg™Ω £ulator added.
Lloyd’s has voluntarily agr™±eed to additional requirements, including enhanc∑>ed reporting of whistlε$↓πeblowing cases and training require±≠∏ments for senior staff, the PRA said.
Following press reports oλ™f widespread misconduct at Lloyd’s, the markΩ≠₩±et published results ©×of a survey in September that found nea×♥rly one in 12 employees working in ©β∏♦the market had witnessed sexual harβ₽α₹assment there in the past year, while ↑♣±a quarter had witnessed excessive drinking.
Lloyd’s has tried to improve standards of behavior in the market this year, ↓↓including introducing life bans from its building and ∞"σa bullying and harassment hotlin← e.
The Lloyd’s market employs≥φ nearly 50,000 people and has 99δ♥γ↔ syndicate members offering i÷$<nsurance in specialist areas from ships×δ± to sculptures.
“We are extremely disappointed byγ✔♥¥ this failure in our internal controls,¥& which serves to remind us all aboδ¥÷ut the need for constant vigilance when it €↔comes to these essential services,” a Lloyd’s s∞∏pokesman said.
“Lloyd’s employees can fee•<l confident that we now have all the δ♦δ®right mechanisms in place for them to report÷→©₹ any wrongdoing, and that these s'ystems are regularly m↔•↑onitored.”
(Reporting by Iain Withers; editing∏≥ by Louise Heavens and Edmund Blair)
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