The past week has been all about numbers, mainly how many calories consumed and how many units of alcohol (21 of course, as always!), writes guest blogger Simon Cooter.

As we hear about gloomy news from our nation's economists and layoffs galore in the insurance sector courtesy of Norwich Union and Zurich, we are probably all glad we have the distraction of the European Championships, or maybe not, as our home nations are no-where to be seen, blogs Andrew Tjaardstra, editor, Professional Broking.

I started the week still reeling from the news Patrick The General' Snowball had decided to move his tank from the Towergate lawns. It dawned on me that left Sandy Scott, CII chief executive, one of the highest ranking ex-servicemen in the insurance industry writes Elliot Lane, head of media relations at the Chartered Insurance Institute.