Stars In Their Eyes moment

There was a Stars In Their Eyes moment at The UK Insurance & Financial Services Conference & Expo when Paul Meehan - filling in for Sandy Dunn - said, in one of the panel discussions, that sometimes he wished he was the absent Sandy. David Slade who was chairing the debate, informed the audience that Dunn had said he sometimes wished he was Paul Meehan. Roll on the first Brokers in Their Eyes.

Employees of Welsh broker Thomas Carroll had to use all their improvisation skills on the way home from this year's Insurance Age Awards, having had a thoroughly lovely time. Faced with the dilemma of an ill female employee on the coach, a coolbox was hastily emptied of beer and used for a purpose for which it was not designed, but that it apparently fulfilled anyway.

Peter Knowles enjoyed PB's Broker Management Forum so much that he commented he could have carried on participating all day - thankfully, he didn't.

At a recent industry gathering, David Hinks made a charity bid for a golf day with BBC sports presenter Rob Bonnet. After being outbid, Hinks revealed he already had a golf day with Russ Abbot to attend.