Career Development: RSA goes for Platinum

The programme will support 15 future leaders from RSA’s platinum broker partners through an intensive seven-month programme that includes interactive face-to-face training on major business themes, with an insurance broking focus, and matches the brokers with a business mentor from RSA’s commercial business.

Through the programme brokers will gain practical skills and experience on areas such as strategy and business planning, interviewing, talent management and financial planning.

They will also develop and acquire skills and knowledge that are designed to help them build confidence as a future leader.

Each broker will complete a project, enabling them to put their learning and knowledge into practice throughout the programme and in future years as their career develops. Each broker will be matched with a mentor from RSA’s commercial business to act as a supportive sounding board and provide a new and objective perspective.

For RSA’s mentors, as well as learning from the brokers’ experiences and building closer relationships, they will also be able to develop their own coaching and leadership skills.

The brokers attending the RSA platinum broker leader programme are: Andrew Thomson – Butterworth Spengler; Heath Currie – Integro Insurance Broker; Hamish Kent – Sutton Winson; Matthew MacLaren – Griffiths & Amour; Yvonne Miller – Bruce Stevenson Insurance Brokers; LJ Riley – Willis; Lynette Smith – Sagar Insurances; David Dulla – Autonet Insurance; Gareth Walker – Caravan Guard; Brad Hendrick – Marsh; Rebecca Merry – Jelf Group; Lee Gwilliam – Jelf Group; Natalie Albert – Caunce O’Hara; Nick Muir – Marsh; and James Pryke – Lockton.

Paul Hirst, regions director at RSA, pictured, said: “We are delighted to launch RSA’s platinum broker leader programme, a one-of-a-kind training programme to help our brokers realise their career aspirations.

“Training and development is a key part of the RSA platinum scheme and this programme builds on the highly successful Chartered Insurance Institute continuous profession development accredited technical-based learning labs, demonstrating our ongoing commitment to our top-tier brokers to support the development and retention of their talented future leaders.”