Alan Dalton, the author of ‘Asbestos: Killer dust’, warned in Hazards magazine that Health and Safety Executive (HSE) backed research had exposed “how the authorities continue to turn a blind eye to the biggest workplace killer of all time.” He noted: “Underlying the UK’s complacent approach to asbestos is the fact that it is still cheaper to kill than to prevent asbestos-related diseases. Until very recently many ‘names’ at Lloyds made millions of pounds out of the cheap insurance cover they were selling to asbestos companies. Now they are getting their just rewards: bankruptcy.” He cited a 1994 investigation of the Lloyds’ insurance “catastrophe,” which included a chapter on the “fatal legacy” of asbestos.

Evil asbestos, Hazards, number 50, 1995. Also see: Adam Raphael. Ultimate risk – the inside story of the Lloyds’ catastrophe, Bantam Press, 1994. ISBN 10: 0593026934.