Age: 27
He’s been described by one senior colleague as “a clear thinker, good listener, team player, hard worker and, above all, a confident young professional who would be an asset to any organisation”. Ben Briscoe is senior underwriter in Allianz Australia’s Retail Distribution Division, supporting the commercial insurance needs of its dealer and fleet leasing partners and driving product and strategy for its fleet leasing channel. In recent times, he’s been responsible for designing and delivering tailored insurance solutions to support some of the business’s largest partners, and has created an additional portfolio of $20m of new business in the process. Among his achievements, Briscoe was the 2014 Ron Shorter Memorial Award winner, the 2015 Allianz High Performance Award winner, and has underwritten more than $1m in new business for each of the last three years. He trains and mentors other underwriters within the business and, outside of insurance, is a volunteer for The Smith Family, mentoring high school students on transition from school life to work or further education. Briscoe hopes to continue building his skills through engagement in cross-divisional projects on next generation insurance products, including driverless cars, drones and cyber insurance solutions.
