A Boucheron emerald and diamond necklace that was stolen from the house. Metropolitan Police / PA
A Boucheron emerald and diamond necklace that was stolen from the house. Metropolitan Police / PA
A Boucheron emerald and diamond necklace that was stolen from the house. Metropolitan Police / PA
A Boucheron emerald and diamond necklace that was stolen from the house. Metropolitan Police / PA

Bespoke jewellery worth more than £10m stolen in London home burglary


Soraya Ebrahimi
  • English
  • Arabic

Jewellery worth £10.4 million has been stolen in a burglary at a home in north London. Between 5pm and 5.30pm on Saturday December 7, an intruder entered the property in Primrose Hill through a second-floor window.

A Hermes watch that was stolen along with more than £10 million worth of jewellery and £150,000 worth of designer handbags. Metropolitan Police / PA
A Hermes watch that was stolen along with more than £10 million worth of jewellery and £150,000 worth of designer handbags. Metropolitan Police / PA

The residents were out at the time, and the burglar made off with £150,000 worth of Hermes Crocodile Kelly handbags, £15,000 in cash and £10.4m of bespoke jewellery. The suspect is described as a white man in his late 20s to 30s, of medium build, wearing a dark hoodie, cargo pants and a grey baseball cap. He covered his face during the break-in.

Among the items stolen were a number of unique pieces, including:

  • Graff: A 10.73-carat diamond ring
  • De Beers: Two butterfly diamond rings
  • Hermes: A 3.03-carat ring, aquamarine ring and Niloticus Lumiere necklace
  • Van Cleef & Arpels: Clip featuring with gold, diamonds and sapphires, Fleur des Mers ring with diamonds, sapphires and aquamarines, a diamond, sapphire and platinum necklace/bracelet collection (manufactured in 1978) and a gold, diamond and sapphire necklace.
  • Chrome Hearts: Gold and emerald bracelet, gold and sapphire bracelet.
  • Chopard: Diamond earrings.
  • Katherine Wang: Pink sapphire earrings, shaped like butterflies.

The homeowners are offering a £500,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the suspect, and a second reward of 10 per cent of the value of the recovered items for information that leads to the retrieval of the stolen jewellery.

"This is a brazen offence, where the suspect has entered the property while armed with an unknown weapon and violated the sanctuary of the victims’ home," detective constable Paulo Roberts from the Central North Basic Command Unit, which is investigating the burglary, said. "The suspect has stolen £10.4m worth of jewellery, much of which is sentimental and unique in its design, and therefore easily identifiable.

A Hermes alligator bag that was stolen from the house. Metropolitan Police / PA
A Hermes alligator bag that was stolen from the house. Metropolitan Police / PA

"We urge anyone who was in the area of Avenue Road, NW8, and saw anything suspicious to please come forward. "Also, if you have seen this jewellery since, someone has offered to sell you it, or you have any further information, then please also contact the police or Crimestoppers anonymously.”

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Commission caps

For life insurance products with a savings component, Peter Hodgins of Clyde & Co said different caps apply to the saving and protection elements:

• For the saving component, a cap of 4.5 per cent of the annualised premium per year (which may not exceed 90 per cent of the annualised premium over the policy term). 

• On the protection component, there is a cap  of 10 per cent of the annualised premium per year (which may not exceed 160 per cent of the annualised premium over the policy term).

• Indemnity commission, the amount of commission that can be advanced to a product salesperson, can be 50 per cent of the annualised premium for the first year or 50 per cent of the total commissions on the policy calculated. 

• The remaining commission after deduction of the indemnity commission is paid equally over the premium payment term.

• For pure protection products, which only offer a life insurance component, the maximum commission will be 10 per cent of the annualised premium multiplied by the length of the policy in years.

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Customers must now be provided with a full illustration of the product they are buying to ensure they understand the potential returns on savings products as well as the effects of any charges. There is also a “free-look” period of 30 days, where insurers must provide a full refund if the buyer wishes to cancel the policy.

“The illustration should provide for at least two scenarios to illustrate the performance of the product,” said Mr Hodgins. “All illustrations are required to be signed by the customer.”

Another illustration must outline surrender charges to ensure they understand the costs of exiting a fixed-term product early.

Illustrations must also be kept updatedand insurers must provide information on the top five investment funds available annually, including at least five years' performance data.

“This may be segregated based on the risk appetite of the customer (in which case, the top five funds for each segment must be provided),” said Mr Hodgins.

Product providers must also disclose the ratio of protection benefit to savings benefits. If a protection benefit ratio is less than 10 per cent "the product must carry a warning stating that it has limited or no protection benefit" Mr Hodgins added.

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