Aon's Dennis Mahoney decided to give the company's visiting US bigwigs a taste of London life recently.

With a high-powered presentation planned for the following day, Mahoney decided to treat the execs to an evening at Spearmint Rhino – a lap-dancing club on Tottenham Court Road.

A great time was had by all. But rather than taking the edge off the visiting dignitaries' jet lag, the evening's entertainment plunged the next day's events into chaos.

It seems most of the execs did not get back to their hotel rooms until 4am – with the first speeches due to take place at 10am. When none of the execs turned up at the presentation, more than 100 senior staff were told a “technical hitch” had delayed proceedings for two hours.

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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