The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) has named four new advisory committee chairs to its main board, a leadership refresh that lands as the trade body steps up its lobbying for the UK's brokers on regulation, cyber risk and SME resilience.
Main board members typically serve an initial three-year term as chair of one of BIBA's advisory boards, which feed views from the broking community into the association's strategic agenda.
Shona Robertson of H&R Insurance, previously deputy to Karen Weir of Weir Insurance Brokers, takes over the SME Brokers Advisory Board.
Andy Tedstone, chief executive of Cobra Networks, replaces Chris Rolland of AllClear (InsurEvo Group) at the Networks and Managing Agents Advisory Board after Rolland's six-year tenure.
Stuart Hulbert, joint managing director of Brents Insurance, succeeds Aon's Jane Kielty on the Insurance Brokers' Standards Committee. Adam Wenn, international chief of staff and partner at Lockton, picks up the BIBA Finance Committee from Paul Dickson, who chaired it for six years.
Graeme Trudgill, BIBA's chief executive, said the association was "privileged that our members are so invested in the organisation," adding that the advisory board structure ensured BIBA spoke for the full spread of brokers and intermediaries in its membership.
The new chairs inherit one of BIBA's busiest policy years. The trade body's 2026 "Economic Resilience" Manifesto, unveiled at the House of Commons in January, set out 10 asks of government, the Financial Conduct Authority and industry.
Among them are a new Financial Services Bill to carry forward the Leeds Reforms, further simplification of the FCA rulebook and Consumer Duty, and an Insurance Premium Tax carveout for SME cyber cover.
Trudgill has previously argued that pulling large commercial clients into Consumer Duty added cost without lifting protection. BIBA has also flagged that just two applications were made to the FCA for directly authorised brokers in the first quarter of 2026, evidence, the body says, of regulatory friction shaping market structure.
Several member-facing initiatives announced earlier this year will also fall to the incoming chairs to help steer, including an industry-wide Fair Value Assessment template, an AI Academy run with Markel, and an accredited cyber broker directory being developed with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Tedstone said he was "incredibly proud and honoured" to join the main board, pointing to more than three decades spanning family-run firms, regional brokers and global broking houses.
Hulbert plans to keep developing BIBA's Good Practice guide so it tracks shifts in market practice, while Wenn called BIBA's engagement with government and regulators "integral to shaping policy and protecting members' interests."
Dickson said the Finance Committee had steered BIBA through a financially resilient stretch despite Covid-19, consolidation and wider economic strain.
Robertson, the incoming SME chair, said her priority would be deepening engagement with brokers serving Britain's small and medium-sized businesses.
