The National Insurance Brokers Association (NIBA) is inviting nominations for its 2021 Broker of the Year and Young Professional Broker of the Year awards.

Nominations for the prestigious national awards recognising high-performing broker professionals will close on March 14. QBE and Vero will again be sponsors.

“This is your opportunity to recognise and reward someone who makes you proud to be working in the insurance broking industry and who you believe makes our industry a better place to work,” NIBA says.

Five individual regional awards are made each year after entries are assessed by the state/territory judging panel throughout May.

These finalists, announced at regional events running from May to July, are then eligible for the national Stephen Ball Memorial Award for Insurance Broker of the Year. Mr Ball was JLT Australia Chairman and a former NIBA president who died suddenly in 2016.

The winner, to be revealed at the NIBA Convention at The Star Gold Coast on October 11-12, will receive a prize valued at $20,000.

Each nominee must be a member of NIBA and a Qualified Practising Insurance Broker, have spent a minimum of three of the last five years living in Australia and travel to Sydney for a two-day selection interview for the national judging process. Click here to nominate.

The Young Professional Broker of the Year Award/Warren Tickle Memorial Award goes to an insurance broker below the age of 35 who exhibits an outstanding level of professionalism and integrity.

The winner receives a tailored personal and business development experience to the value of $10,000. This award, which has always been sponsored by Vero, began in 1990 in honour of Warren Tickle, a former Insurance Commissioner and insurance lecturer responsible for the implementation of the Insurance (Agents & Brokers) Act 1984. He was also an advocate for higher professional industry training standards.

Click here to nominate.

In both categories, industry members should nominate professionals who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to client advocacy, technical excellence, customer service and personal development.