A flurry of press and party invitations have meant a busy couple of weeks in insurance writes Andrew Tjaardstra, editor, Professional Broking.

My story of the last few weeks has been: the top of Tower Bridge (Sterling), the Tower of London (Groupama), a Dover Street wine bar (Oak Underwriting), a top ten London restaurant (MI the London-focussed part of Open GI), AIG's board room or dining room, Boisdale - a London-based Scottish cigar and jazz restaurant (LV), and a West End pub (with PR and marketing agents FWD). Good to see insurers and brokers still know how to enjoy themselves and that the entertainment industry is being given an injection of life over the Christmas period.

At the Tower of London I bumped into Stevie Sutherland of Kwik Fit, who has relatively recently joined the company as business development manager. He said he was shocked by the number of evening invitations, lunches etc. he had received to since joining the industry but he certainly wasn't complaining.

Seeing the 'Ceremony of the Keys' at the Tower was a memorable experience - a nightly event at the Tower for the last seven hundred years. Also the gold punch bowl in the exhibition of the Crown Jewels is incredible; it holds over 100 hundred bottles of wine - our kings and queens, along with those in insurance, know how to have a good knees up!

With the likes of Paul Picknett - Groupama's 'director of fun' pulling the strings, broker managers are guaranteed a Christmas fit for royalty for years to come.

Tony Lumsden-Cook

It is with great regret that we have to report that the founder of Oak Underwriting, Tony Lumsden-Cook has sadly passed away. We wish all the best to his family and colleagues.   

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