For the 21st day of advent, Nick Houghton, chief executive at JMG Group, speaks about his firm’s 2025 refinancing and opportunities with customers

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What was your insurance industry highlight of 2025? Successfully completing our refinance exercise and bringing GTCR into the JMG gang alongside our existing investor SYNOVA.

Nick Houghton

Nick Houghton

What is your Christmas message for your insurance colleagues? The world is a crazy place and every day we help our customers navigate through it safely. That’s opportunity for us all, let’s make the most of it. And be kind.

What do you hope to find under the industry’s Christmas tree for 2026? Lots of brokers thinking about selling and looking for a great home for their customers, colleagues and themselves!

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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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