Christmas is coming and it will be wonderful to see the children. Will it? Think again.

Halifax Home Insurance has revealed that friends' pesky children are likely to break more than a million pieces of furniture in the coming year, leaving 967,000 items of furniture needing to be professionally dry cleaned following damage caused by food and drink spillages.

And they will destroy an estimated 800,000 items of sentimental importance.

Backchat wonders with friends like that, who needs enemies?

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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