Entries are open for this year’s Aon Benfield Scholarship, recognising an outstanding insurance professional in Australia or New Zealand.

Applicants with at least two years’ experience in insurance or reinsurance must write a 2500-word essay on the subject: “Will the Google car end automobile insurance as we know it?”

The winner will attend the 49th annual Aon Benfield Global Clients Reinsurance Seminar in London from June 23 to July 3.

Applications close at 5pm on April 22. Visit the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance website for more details. The institute co-sponsors the scholarship.