For the 19th day of advent, John Warburton, chief executive officer at Konsileo, discusses budget positives, being proud to work in insurance and dancing our way into Gen Z’s good books
Open your advent calendar below!
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1. What was your insurance industry highlight of 2025?
Bizarrely – very bizarrely – the budget.
Not because I liked it particularly, but because there wasn’t an increase in IPT, there was some positive news for tech and innovation led businesses like ours and, well, I disliked it less than the previous year’s one, where those of us creating employment opportunities for hard working insurance folk were penalised.
It is testament to the fine folk at Biba that we, as an industry, are starting to be heard and understood in government circles.
2. What is your Christmas message for your insurance colleagues?
Remember to toast this great industry you are a part of and yourself for being a member of the insurance profession.
Risk advice and transfer is the bedrock of our economy and we are better at it than anywhere else in the world – be proud of it and shout about it.
3. What do you hope to find under the industry’s Christmas tree for 2026?”
A viral set of TikTok or Insta posts talking up – dancing up? – how cool the industry is and how great the opportunities are. Hopefully then Gen Z school and university leavers overwhelm us all trying to become insurance professionals.
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