I have heard of people paying thousands at Charity auctions to dine with their favourite actors, pop stars or sports personalities. I myself have parted with the odd nifty fifty or cool £100 to hear a haggard rugby legend spin a yarn or two. How much would you be willing to part with to have a steak lunch with your favourite insurance industry personality? According to industry press an ‘unknown individual’ paid a bargain $2.6m (£1.59m) in an ebay auction to have lunch at Smith and Wollensky in Manhattan with Warren Buffet, chief of Berkshire Hathaway and known as the ‘Oracle of Omaha’. I am not sure whether or not this meeting was worth the money to the ‘winner’.

In case you were thinking about it I am generally available between 1pm and 3pm and I like tapas.