Before Christmas, Backchat pursued a story that the Treasury was planning to create a commission/inquiry into the insurance market in Gibraltar.
According to sources the inquiry was to be "Hutton-like", namely a high-profile figure would investigate the start-ups on the Rock and assess the ramifications of the insurance market moving abroad.
One name cropped up as a potential candidate - ex-Lloyd's chairman Sir David Rowland. But sadly when Backchat finally caught up with him, Sir David admitted that he did not know anything about it. "If I knew I would tell you. But to be honest, when I finally left Lloyd's to become an accidental banker, I made a conscious decision never to have anything to do with insurance again."
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.
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.
