Applications for the ninth annual Aon Benfield Scholarship have opened.

The company and its co-sponsor, the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance, want applicants to submit a 2500-word essay on the topic “Information – Intellectual or Industry Property?”

Entries must be received by April 30. The winner will be announced at the Australian Insurance Industry Awards on August 14, and will attend Aon Benfield’s annual Global Clients Reinsurance Seminar in London from June 24 to July 3.