Dual will send 11 brokers to London for a week as part of a new advanced leadership program.

CEO Damien Coates says the aim is to “invest in the future leaders of the insurance industry”.

The trip, valued at $10,000 each, will include a tour of the Lloyd’s underwriting room, three days’ mentored work experience with Howden Broking Group and a private briefing with Hyperion Insurance Group CEO David Howden.

Mr Coates, who will accompany the inaugural program participants, says the brokers were chosen for writing more than $1 million in business and for their leadership potential.

“We wanted to recognise the support they’ve given Dual by contributing to their development as future leaders of the industry,” he told insuranceNEWS.com.au.

“We also think it’s important to build relationships with the people who actually do the business.”

Mr Coates says each of the brokers has a leadership role within their groups.

“This is about providing an opportunity for the individual brokers; it’s also about developing future leaders within each of the broker businesses, so they benefit as well.”

During the work experience component participants will pursue their own areas of expertise or the paths they are most interested in, such as construction, energy, financial services and marine.

“This is a fantastic opportunity, an intensive one-week stay in London where they will get exposure to the senior management of Hyperion and Howden and, equally important, spend time at Lloyd’s to see how brokers and underwriters engage in the oldest insurance market in the world,” Mr Coates said.

The brokers, who leave for the UK on Saturday, are Patrick Beaumont (Bovill Risk & Insurance Consultants), Emma Burke (PI Direct Insurance Brokers), Caroline Cattermole  (Lockton Companies Australia), Susan Hempel (Network Insurance Group), Melita How (Interrisk), Lynsey McDonald (Interrisk), Tom Munyard (CKA Risk Solutions), Ryan Neary  (GSA Insurance Brokers), Jesika Novakovic (Bovill), Bhavesh Radiya (Mega Capital) and Scott Slingo (PSC Coastwide).