Trading

Trade group urges ban on ‘stuffy’ dress codes and face-to-face rules for Lloyd’s brokers

The balance between home and office working will not return to the pre-pandemic status quo

Friday 26 March 2021 at 08:42

A display window of a City gents outfitters, in the City of London, England. LIIBA is recommending that firms do away with 'stuffy dress codes'
A display window of a City gents outfitters, in the City of London, England. LIIBA is recommending that firms do away with 'stuffy dress codes' Photo: Getty Images

Brokers at Lloyd’s of London shouldn’t have to wear suits to work or even worry about being in the office at all after the coronavirus pandemic, an industry trade body has said.

LIIBA, which represents brokers at London’s historic insurance market and beyond, recommended that firms revise longstanding face-to-face trading policies and allow employees to work from home more often.