Aviva Future Leader Programme

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The Aviva Future Leader Programme is a practical and business-focused learning programme aimed at people in senior management to give them the skills and knowledge to successfully run a broking business.


The Aviva Future Leader Programme is designed to help:

  • the delegate become boardroom-ready
  • cultivate a solid understanding of the key challenges faced by brokers and share skills and support to overcome the challenges of today’s broking landscape 
  • develop candidates’ skills and behaviours, helping them to effectively lead their people and their businesses 
  • expand candidates’ ability and confidence to manage key relationships 
  • strengthen the broker community by supporting future leaders and their businesses to grow and develop
  • create the next group of future leaders and industry influencers 
  • be the ultimate investment in you and your business

 

Who are we looking for?

Those with a progression plan and business support

The applicant must be in a senior management role or be responsible for leading the business. The programme will include time away from the office and there’ll be project work to complete, so employer buy-in and agreement is key.

Businesses with a strong relationship with Aviva

We're committed to supporting our key broker relationships and aligning with businesses that share our values.

 

Applications are now closed for 2025

Check back in July 2025 to apply for our next cohort.

Our cohort will be committing to the following dates as part of the programme:

14 & 15 January 2025 18 & 19 March 2025
13, 14 & 15 May 2025 8 & 9 July 2025
September 2025 - Club 110 conference 11 & 12 November 2025 3 & 4 February 2026 14 & 15 April 2026
16 & 17 June 2026 11 & 12 August 2026 6 & 7 October 2026 24 & 25 November 2026

What does the course cover?

The programme covers a wide variety of content to help you run a successful insurance business, with topics including:

  • people leadership
  • presentation and pitching skills
  • relationship management
  • regulation and compliance
  • business planning and strategic development
  • HR and wellbeing
  • innovation and change
  • financial planning
  • marketing and sales management

Bi-monthly workshops are run over two days in venues across the UK alongside external learning tasks. When possible, we make the most of industry events such as the BIBA conference and exhibition, supporting candidates to build a network of contacts.

Watch our videos to find out more about the programme

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Transcript  for video FLP Video

Matt Harris: Being able to look at how we work as a company in a different way. My confidence as well has grown massively to be able to actually step forward and challenge at work when I don't think something's quite right or I want to bring something new into work. And it's also been very useful to be able to sort of network with such a brilliant group of people to learn from the team and the other guys on the cohort with me.

Richard Brannigan: There's a huge amount of time and effort that's invested, both from the company and from the individual. The returns, though, are huge. As an independent, you won't have your own huge in-house training and development programmes. You may have some, but certainly not to the extent that you would experience with the FLP  programme itself. And for us, it's kind of imperative. As a small organisation to be able to, have this kind of influence in our organisation from, you know, a huge kind of power player like Aviva.

Gareth Cotty: The sheer quality of training, the coaching, the support, the mentoring that the team get, far in advance of anything we see from anyone else in the market. For us as a business, we transitioned into employee ownership in the last 12 months. So, building future leaders is critical to our, you know, our long-term success as an independent broker and the Aviva Future Leader Programme is helping us build the next generation of our leaders.

Alisha Edwards: I feel really proud to be part of it because it doesn't just boost my career, it's changed me as a person to better me and my growth.

Matt Harris: So, anybody who's lucky enough to get onto the Future Leader Programme has really got to grab it with both hands and take as much away from it as they can.

Emily Andrews: Throw yourself in, embrace it all and you'll definitely get the most from it.

Millie Smith: So, the biggest piece of advice that I would give and I think most of the people here would give is to really embrace the network. It will stand you in really good stead for getting through the course and then for the rest of your career.

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Transcript  for video Aviva Future Leader Prorgramme Graduation Highlights 2024

Matt Harris: Being able to look at how we work as a company in a different way. Uh, my confidence as well has grown massively to be able to actually step forward and challenge at work when I don't think something's quite right or I want to bring something new into work.

Uh, and it's also been very useful to be able to sort of network with such a brilliant group of people to learn from from the team and the and the other guys on the cohort with me.

 

Richard Brannigan: There's a huge amount of time and effort that's invested, both from the company and from the individual. Uh, the returns, though, are are huge.

As an independent, you won't have your own huge in house training, um, and development programmes. You may have some, but certainly not to the extent that you would experience with the FLP  programme itself.

And for us, it's kind of, um, imperative. As a small organisation to be able to, have this kind of influence in our organisation from, you know, a huge kind of power player like Aviva.

 

Gareth Cotty: The sheer quality of training, the coaching, the support, the mentoring that that the team get um, far in advance of anything we see from from anyone else in the market. For us as a as a business we transitioned into employee ownership in the last for 12 months.

So building future leaders is is critical to our, you know, our long term success as an independent broker and the Aviva future leader programme is helping us build the next generation of our leaders.

 

Alisha Edwards: I feel really proud to be part of it because it doesn't just boost my career, it's changed me as a person to better me and my growth.

 

Matt Harris: So anybody who's lucky enough to get onto the future leader programme has really got to grab it with both hands and take as much away from it as they can.

 

Emily Andrews: Throw yourself in, embrace it all and you'll you'll definitely get the most from it.

 

Millie Smith: So the biggest piece of advice that I would give and I think most of the people here would give is to really embrace the network. It will stand you in really good stead for getting through the course and then for the rest of your career.

Who will help you go further?

Meet the team

John Nutter - Aviva Learning and Development Manager

John joined Aviva in 1995 and has held a variety of roles across Financial Insurances, Claims and Underwriting until he became a CIPD qualified Learning & Development Consultant in 2009. As Manager of the Broker Learning & Development Team, his main focus is to help brokers to develop at every stage of their career.

Dan Wall - Aviva Learning and Development Consultant

Dan joined Aviva in 2001 as a sales executive. After spending some time as a sales coach, he developed a passion for training. He’s a CIPD-qualified learning and development consultant, specialising in business optimisation, and learning-and-development solutions designed to enhance and grow business for Aviva and our brokers.

Ian Stutz – Baker Street Consultancy Ltd

Ian has worked in the insurance Industry for 40 years including 15 years as part of the Aon UK Senior Management Team. He was then invited to invest in a Leicester based Broker BHIB and Broking Group Brokerbility following an MBO. As a shareholder and owner in 2020, he sold the business to Clear Group and is now on the main board of Clear Group. In addition to this work Ian has also provides consultancy support to Aviva Club 110 brokers and for over 10 years has had the opportunity to see and learn about the myriad of management styles that contribute to a successful independent broker.

Meet the mentors

Alex Alway

Adler Fairways

Ashwin Mistry OBE

Brokerbility

Ian Donaldson

 Autonet

Jackie Hyde

Stanmore Insurance

Karen Weir

Weir Insurance

Lucy Hodgson

Eastwoods Insurance

Polly Staveley

 TL Dallas

Rob Worrell

Ardonagh Group

Ryan Brown

PIB Group

Meet the delegates

Meet our current and previous delegates of the Future Leader Programme

Andrew Panayiotou

Premierline

Lancaster

Becky Hitchcock

Howden

Derby

Becky Glover

Yutree Insurance

Newmarket

Ben Pickles

McClarrons

Malton

Chris Spencer

James Hallam

Plymouth

Clare Leigh

A&B Insurance Brokers

Stockport

Dan West

Fiveways Insurance Group

Stafford

Francis Bardsley

Saffron Insurance

Saffron Walden

Hannah Lyon-Wall

FinCred

Sevenoaks

Jack Smit

Ashbourne Insurance

Hoddesdon

Jenny-lea Birchall

amb Insurance

Newcastle-under-Lyme

Joe Fay

C&C Insurance Brokers

Stockport

Kyle Black

ABL Group

Belfast

Mark Slade

Thomas Carroll

Caerphilly

Mary-Anna Leigh

BIG Insurance

Maidstone

Penny McNally

Kingsway Insurance

Lutterworth

Rachel McNally

AB&C Insurance

Belfast

Sam Jaffe

WAIB

Northampton

Steve Rogers

Comfort Insurance

Dagenham