Lloyd's of London continued to come under fire from human rights advocates today over market members' business involvement with the military junta that controls the nation of Burma and has renamed it Myanmar.
The Burma Campaign was outside the Lloyd's building in London handing out leaflets that it described as open letters to Lloyd's staff, explaining "how Lloyd's of London is helping to fund Burma's 'brutal dictatorship.'"
Action by the group followed a report yesterday that the chairman of Lloyd's, Peter Levene, is being called on to give up a directorship with French oil firm Total because of its involvement with the Mynamar regime.
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