The Australian Insurance Law Association (AILA) is seeking submissions for this year’s Gill Award, which honours co-founder Michael Gill and offers a $10,000 prize.

AILA President Cameron Roberts says the award enables applicants to showcase their knowledge of emerging insurance trends and markets.

Applicants, who must be AILA members and Australian residents, sign up via the AILA website by May 6 and submit a written paper of 3000 to 4500 words by May 30.

A judging panel, which includes CGU national legal & claims manager Alison Grice and Mr Roberts, will select the winner from short-listed contenders who will present to the panel on their topic via Zoom. The winner’s prize includes an opportunity to deliver the paper on an international stage during an AIDA conference.

Papers should address one of the following topics: consumer protection and dispute resolution, marine insurance, credit insurance and surety, motor insurance, personal insurance and pensions, new technologies, distribution of insurance products, accumulation of claims and subrogation, climate change, reinsurance, civil liability insurance, and state supervision and insurance.

Mr Gill co-founded AILA after attending the AIDA World Congress in London in 1982. He is a past president of AIDA, AILA life member and former partner and chair of DLA Piper, where he remains a consultant.

Sign up here.