When will insurance get more female leaders?
Analysis: Damisola Sulaiman highlights the barriers preventing women in insurance from attaining senior-level positions today, and questions whether the move away from diversity, equality and inclusion initiatives in the US could hamper efforts to gain more CEO parity in the UK.
The representation of women in senior-level positions in the insurance industry has gradually increased over the years.
When the government’s Women in Finance Charter launched in 2016, only 12% of
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