To celebrate its centenary year, Allianz Cornhill celebrated with some crazy cocktail creations inspired by its senior executives.

Ever the barfly, Backchat was keen to peruse the extensive list and found some tasty-looking numbers.

Among them was the Torrance Tornado, after chief executive Andrew Torrance, the Schaefer Shaker after personal lines supreme Ruediger Schaefer, and the Live and Let Dye, after - you guessed it - claims boss Jon Dye.

But Backchat's personal favourite had to be the Spanked Hanks, dedicated to Allianz Cornhill commercial manager and party animal Chris Hanks and based on a Sex on the Beach cocktail. One for the ladies...

The 2025 Insurance Times Awards took place on the evening of Wednesday 3rd December in the iconic Great Room of London’s Grosvenor House.

Hosted by comedian and actor Tom Allen, 34 Gold, 23 Silver and 22 Bronze awards were handed out across an amazing 34 categories recognising brilliance and innovation right across the breadth of UK general insurance.
Many congratulations to all the worthy winners and as always, huge thanks to our sponsors for their support and our judges for their expertise.

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