The Oliver Rose BIBA Young Broker of the Year Award
This award recognises young brokers for their excellent performance and contribution to broking and aims to encourage commitment to the future professionalism of the insurance industry. Please read both the Entry Criteria and Award criteria sections before applying.
Applicants must follow these criteria for entries:
• Applicants must be from a BIBA member firm and can be employees, directors, or partners.
• Entries should be in the form of a summary between 500 and 1000 words (2 A4 pages). The applicant can apply directly or be nominated by a line manager. The personal statement must be completed by the applicant. Space has been allocated to obtain a statement from your manager in support of your submission.
Please avoid producing documents in the style of a Curriculum Vitae or Job Description.
• Applicants must be 35 years old or under on date of entry and have at least three years industry experience.
Applicants must have tangible evidence of achievement which could broadly fit into any one or more of the following:
• Personal work achievement – relevant personal details would also be useful e.g., ethics, professionalism, commitment to broking. (The judges will award up to 30% for this area of performance).
• Industry achievements – engagement with the wider business community e.g., BIBA, CII, charity, or other worthy causes. (The judges will award up to 20% for this area of performance).
• CII points achieved divided by number of years in the industry (the judges will award up to 10% for this area of performance).
• Finals Day Interview – (the judges will award up to 25% for this area of performance).
• Finals Day activity (the judges will award up to 15% for this area of performance).
Entries accepted from BIBA broker members and judged by industry experts.
Three finalists will be selected and required to attend the BIBA conference on Thursday 16 May 2024 where the BIBA Young Broker of the Year winner and runners up will be announced.
The winner receives prize money of £1500.
Two highly commended runners up will each receive £250.00.
The Oliver Rose BIBA Young Broker Of The Year Award 2023
BIBA has named Liam Green, Chief Operating Officer of Capsule Insurance Services Limited as its Young Broker of the Year 2023.
This year the award has been renamed in the memory of the late Oliver Rose, who sadly passed away in March 2023. Oliver was awarded the BIBA Young Broker of the Year in 2016 and made some great contributions to our sector and his employer.
Oliver’s mother Helen Rose presented the award in his memory to Liam at The BIBA Conference 2023 in Manchester in recognition of his passion of the insurance industry and the part he is playing in it.
The two runners-up from a field of exceptionally high quality were Niki Facey from Marsh Commercial and Heather Cave from Marsh Ltd.
The award recognises the performance of younger brokers and encourages commitment to the future professionalism of insurance broking.
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: 23 February 2024
2024 BIBA Annual Awards
Entries accepted from BIBA broker members and judged by industry experts.
Three finalists will be selected and required to attend the BIBA conference on Thursday 16 May 2024 where the BIBA Young Broker of the Year winner and runners up will be announced.
Two highly commended runners up will each receive £250.00.
For further information or questions please contact Ollie on [email protected] or call on 07584 708 556.