clubby

The clubby Lloyd’s market connects thousands of buyers and sellers of risks daily, with deals struck in a cavernous underwriting room or the nearby bars, thronged by underwriters and brokers every lunchtime.

Upon landing in a private airport, visitors get a luggage tag that some businessmen like to keep on their bags as a clubby accessory.

It also puts a spotlight on the clubby insurance industry, dominated by a small circle of mostly male executives who vie for the top positions.

Access to clubby lounges and events can feel glamorous, but some of the more overlooked perks are often also most useful.

But Mr. Parker’s incorporation of clubby rhythms suggests neither mind-expansion nor hedonism but rather mathematical precision.