Dive In
Howden’s Caamaño on moving from outsider to leader
From outsider to executive, Sonia Caamaño, CEO of international growth markets at Howden Broking, shares how she built a global career on resilience, empathy, and following her mother’s advice.
Reclaiming Pride: Ageas’s Roche’s shift from exclusion to inclusion
From teenage exclusion to leading an LGBTQ+ resource group, the journey of Lloyd Roche, risk and governance underwriter at Ageas, shows how workplaces can become spaces of growth, pride, and lasting change.
CII’s Cameron aims to keep running without dropping baton
Vivine Cameron, equity, diversity and inclusion manager at the Chartered Insurance Institute, reflects on the importance of visualisation and representation and why it is vital not to drop the baton of authentic inclusion or you risk losing the race.
Sedgwick’s Dartford on belonging as an LGBTQ+ woman in insurance
With 20 years in male-dominated sectors, Charlotte Dartford, regional director of marketing for UK and Asia at Sedgwick, shares how an inclusive culture empowered her to lead authentically and be seen.
Lloyd’s CEO says culture isn't a side project
Lloyd’s CEO Patrick Tiernan opened the market’s Dive In festival this morning (16 September), calling culture “not a side project” but the foundation of long-term performance.
Protestors disrupt Lloyd’s Dive In festival launch
Protestors interrupted the launch of the Dive In festival this morning (16 September), walking on stage as Lloyd’s CEO Patrick Tiernan opened the London market’s annual diversity and inclusion event.
Big Interview: Mark Lomas, Lloyd’s
Mark Lomas, head of culture at Lloyd’s of London, reflects on the market’s diversity achievements so far, and where the work is far from done.
From struggle to pride: RSA’s Dainty’s journey
Being gay with ADHD made Drew Dainty, claims expenses team leader at RSA, feel like every day of his young life he was swimming against the current - until he joined the insurer and felt celebrated rather than tolerated.
Admiral’s Wilkie champions social mobility through her rise
Helen Wilkie, projects and events lead at Admiral, shares how grit, growth, and company support helped her rise from entry-level to leadership.
60 Seconds with... Insurance Compliance Services’ Isabella Macfarlane
Isabella Macfarlane, head of London markets at Insurance Compliance Services, talks career milestones, bath-hating dogs, shaking it off with Taylor Swift and shares still has the heels that helped her stand tall at Lloyd’s.
McLarens’ Alcock on how belonging is about being empowered
Kim Alcock, head of UK casualty at McLarens, considers how belonging means creating pathways, removing barriers, and empowering women to thrive and progress in insurance careers.
Smashing the class ceiling in insurance
Damisola Sulaiman examines why social mobility data and initiatives remain patchy in insurance and how recruitment and culture need to change to smash the sector's class ceiling.
Axa’s Scott on battling imposter syndrome in insurance
Suzanne Scott, chief people and corporate responsibility officer at Axa UK & Ireland, reflects on how an inclusive culture can help individuals overcome imposter syndrome and opens doors for all in insurance – not just the elite.
IGI’s Jaber on the blessing of being an office nomad
Returning to work in her forties, moving from desk to desk in an open plan office, was at first bewildering but her time as the ‘office nomad’ helped Aaida Abu Jaber, specialist commercial insurer and reinsurer IGI’s assistant vice president of PR &…
How Zurich helped me understand how my mind works
Richard Kirkham, assistant sales manager at Zurich Municipal, shares how being diagnosed autistic, dyslexic and ADHD led to life-changing support and a renewed sense of self at work.
More women in top jobs narrows gender pay gaps in insurance
Insurers with more women in top-paying roles report far smaller gender pay gaps, proving representation – not just equal pay policies – is the strongest lever for lasting progress, a data analysis produced by Michael Stefan, partner at executive…
Big Interview: Ajay Mistry, Insurance Cultural Awareness Network
Ajay Mistry, co-founder and co-chair of the Insurance Cultural Awareness Network, discusses with Insurance Post the need for thenet work to evolve in the current climate, and how it intends to become a “business-critical partner” to the industry.
Dive In 2025 pushes belonging to the top of insurance’s agenda
Lloyd’s festival for talent and culture, Dive In, returns from 16 to 18 September 2025, rallying the industry around the theme: “Belonging builds tomorrow”.
Zurich posts 10% pay gap between socio-economic groups
Zurich has today (12 Feb) published its socio-economic pay gap, showing the mean (average) pay gap between employees from profession and lower socio-economic backgrounds at 10.5%.
Big Interview: Aki Hussain, Hiscox
Aki Hussain, CEO of Hiscox Group, explains how he has accelerated the kind of innovation and created the type of culture that is essential to keeping the international insurance group in pole position in the market.
Time to talk about alienated men in insurance
Editor’s View: Ahead of International Men’s Day (19 November), Insurance Post Editor Emma Ann Hughes says it is time to recognise just because pay gap data shows they earn more than their female colleagues doesn’t mean men feel like kings of insurance in…
ISC Group names Powell CEO
After six months as interim managing director of ISC Group, Carmen Powell has been made CEO of the organisation dedicated to the development and advancement of women in insurance.
Aviva’s Briggs says age diversity is ‘neglected’ by insurance
Aviva’s diversity, inclusion and resourcing director Jonny Briggs has said age diversity and maintaining a multi-generational workforce have been “neglected” by the insurance industry when considering diversity and inclusion.
Time to shift from diversity thinking towards inclusive action
Editor’s View: Emma Ann Hughes reflects on Lloyd’s tenth Dive In festival and concludes it showed the insurance industry needs to go from Sunday morning thinking about diversity to Monday morning action to create an inclusive culture.