Adam Kellaway of Basil Fry Insurance has recently achieved a first-class honours degree in insurance.

The award, the highest available at degree level, is the culmination of four years of study at London Metropolitan University.  Adam joined Basil Fry in July 2006 after having completed some work experience at the company in June 2003.

The degree is recognised by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) and will enable Adam to automatically qualify for the award of Associate of the Chartered Insurers Institute, thereby giving Adam an ACII designation.

As part of his degree, Adam concentrated on Commercial Insurance Law with a particular interest in Marine Cargo insurance, an area which will specifically help him when dealing with his clients.  “I felt that I had to gear the degree to my work at Basil Fry – so many students come out of university these days with degrees that have little relevance in the business environment,” Adam  explained.

Greg Wildman, Director at Basil Fry, commented, “We are absolutely delighted with Adam’s achievement.  We have supported Adam throughout the whole process with flexible working practices and funding to support him at university and this result is proof that investing in your people pays dividends.  Adam is the only broker I am aware of who has obtained an insurance degree rather than working through the traditional Chartered Insurance Institute exams.”

Greg continued: “Adam is now with us on a full-time basis and has recently also been promoted to a Commercial Account Executive as a result of his achievement and has spent the last couple of months building his new business book with great success.  Adam has also played an integral part in training and developing of the new staff that have arrived recently and we are very confident that Adam will continue to thrive as he has done over the past few years.”