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Your favourite Christmas rom-com is finally getting a sequel. In the 2025 festive clip, Celebrity Traitors star and comedian Joe Wilkinson appeared as “Phil”, alongside Keira Knightley, with the two playing an unlikely couple who fall in love in the lead-up to the holiday season. And with Waitrose’s newly-released follow-up, dubbed The Perfect Gift 2,…
UK P&I Club, a provider of Protection & Indemnity insurance to the global shipping industry, has agreed a 4.5% general increase for the 2027 policy year reflecting ongoing claims inflation and the rising cost and complexity of major casualties. The Club’s 2026/27 performance remains in line with expectations. Benign pool claims and positive prior-year developments…
While many stroker sex toys deliver a flat, mechanical “buzz”, LELO’s latest male sex toy, the F2S Double Sonic stroker, promises to overcome this issue and offer a more realistic experience. Known for its luxury offerings in the sexual wellness space, LELO is unlocking new ways to experience sexual pleasure, together and solo. The F2S…
Arch Insurance, a provider of specialist insurance solutions, has announced two senior appointments within its UK Regional Division, naming Abigail Dent-Jones and Chelsea Sparey as Senior Property & Casualty (P&C) Underwriters, with immediate effect. Dent-Jones has joined its Colchester office, while Sparey is based in Bristol. Both will work within their respective New Business teams,…
Global Parametrics, part of CelsiusPro Group, has announced the development and planned pilot of Peru’s first parametric earthquake insurance product designed for low-income households living in progressive housing in Lima. Peru is highly vulnerable to earthquakes, located in one of the world’s most seismically active zones at the convergent plate boundary between the Nazca and…
So we’re all here for the same reason: the men in our lives are notoriously tricky to buy for. Until now, I’ve always believed I was the only one who struggled to buy gifts for men. And, look, I’m a lesbian and the only child of a single mum, so it’s not exactly something I…
The Baldwin Group, a Nasdaq-listed independent insurance distribution and solutions provider, has released its third-quarter 2026 Market Pulse report, offering an overview of commercial insurance pricing trends across its portfolio as at 30 September 2026. The report indicates that the decline in commercial property insurance rates has begun to level off, while casualty insurance continues…
As fans of The Other Bennet Sister wait for the latest offerings from the Pride And Prejudice reimagining, they’ve been given one extra reason to be excited. On Monday afternoon, the BBC announced The Other Elliot Sister, a similar period drama set in the world of another Jane Austen classic, Persuasion. While Persuasion centres around…
Polo Managing Agency (PMA) has been appointed managing agent of Allianz Commercial 1893, Allianz Commercial’s new direct underwriting syndicate, which recently received in-principle approval from Lloyd’s. Allianz Commercial 1893, which is expected to begin trading from January 1, 2027, takes its name from the year Allianz first expanded internationally, opening a London office in 1893,…
Kingstone has announced its financial results for the third quarter of 2026, reporting net income of $17.6 million, a 30% growth in net premiums earned, and an improved GAAP net combined ratio of 65.6%. Net income in Q3 2026 went up 61.7% compared with the $10.8 million reported for Q3 2025. For the nine months…