Dive In
SSP Broker’s Majeed on raising diverse talent through the ranks
Nazia Majeed, head of project and service delivery at SSP Broker, observes she remains the minority in a leadership role in insurance and outlines action needed to get more diverse talent to the top of the sector.
Women working in insurance earn 20% less than men
Gender pay disparities in the insurance industry continues to stubbornly persist, with virtually no companies reporting on whether an ethnicity pay gap exists.
Instanda’s Shipley on why meritocracy should replace metrics
Sara Shipley, chief human resources officer at Instanda, on the power of no longer chasing metrics but instead genuinely seeking talent in all its forms.
ISC Group’s Powell on the next steps towards inclusion in insurance
Carmen Powell, managing director of ISC Group, reflects on how her organisation has created safe spaces, fostered leadership, and promoted cross-organisational collaboration plus shares plans to create a a more equitable future in insurance.
Make-up of the insurance industry in 2024 revealed
Insurance Post’s 2024 Census shows women have smashed through the industry’s glass ceiling, and most employees are only going into the office on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, post-pandemic.
Big Interview: Matthew Hill, Chartered Insurance Institute
Matthew Hill, the third CEO of the Chartered Insurance Institute in as many years, knows only 10 Downing Street has had a faster revolving door than the industry’s professional body in recent years.
Dive In registration opens
Registration has opened today (15 August) for the 2024 Dive In Festival, which aims to promote diversity and inclusion in the insurance industry.
Insurance Post Census 2024: Have your say
Insurance Post’s Census is back, and we need your help to achieve a snapshot of the make-up of the industry in 2024.
Howden’s purchase; Ecclesiastical’s schemes tool; Hiscox’s schemes head
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Dive In opens inclusive manager campaign
Dive In, the insurance industry’s diversity, equity and inclusion festival, has invited nominations for managers making “outstanding” inclusion contributions.
Most-read insurance stories in 2023 revealed
Like Cher, Insurance Post is turning back time to remember the industry Consumer Duty’s efforts, business interruption cases continuing to rumble on, developments at Direct Line, RSA’s personal lines exit, plus the other major insurance events of the…
Three ways to ditch insurance’s ‘Old Boy’ network image
Traditional portrayals of insurance as an exclusive stale, pale and male club were examined during iCan’s Dive In session.
Gender inequality is leading to a global ‘economic and social catastrophe’
During a Dive In Festival event, industry leaders shared how ‘gender allyship’ is the missing ingredient for gender equity.
Top five steps insurers can take to be disability confident
Collecting data, avoiding non-inclusive terms, and remaining authentic were some of the key actions given to insurers at the Dive In Festival, as the sector was urged to become disability confident.
More women are being urged to consider a career in cyber insurance
Members from Aon’s Women in Cyber network joined with cyber professionals at Dive In Festival to discuss the importance of diverse thinking, and gender diversity, in creating a successful cyber team.
Dive In 2023 reflections tinged with sadness and hope
Editor’s View: As Dive In draws to a close, Emma Ann Hughes reflects on the importance of role models such as Elianne Andam, who was killed on her way to the Croydon school she attended.
How allies helped insurance’s LGBTQ+ community
During a Dive In Festival event, LGBTQ+ community members explained the impact allies who “show up” and don’t “shy away” from important conversations have had on the insurance industry.
LCP’s Drummond on the power of speaking out
Far from silencing her, Catherine Drummond, a partner at LCP, shares how the hate mail she received as an LGBT+ woman has spurred her on to encourage others to speak out and share their own experiences of barriers they have faced.
RSA’s Nicholls on fulfilling career ambitions and caring for loved ones
Susanna Nicholls, senior business analyst at RSA, shares the struggles she has faced as a carer to her son and how she is shaping policies to ensure colleagues can strike a balance between fulfilling their career ambitions and looking after loved ones.
How Link’s co-founder was warned being gay would hinder his career
Erik Johnson, active underwriter at MIC Global Syndicate 5183, on the prejudice he faced as a gay man entering the insurance industry and how he ignored warnings pushing for inclusion could hinder his career to co-found Link.
Podcast: How inclusivity drives innovation – Part 2
In the second of two specially recorded podcasts to mark the ninth Dive In festival, Aviva’s Jonny Briggs and the ABI’s Liisa Antola share what insurers can do to achieve inclusive innovation.
Steps insurers should take to become inclusive innovators
Analysis: Emma Ann Hughes explores what it will take to create an inclusive insurance industry culture that is capable of producing products and services suitable for a wider cross section of society.
Sedgwick’s Armstrong on bringing your authentic self to work
Suzanne Armstrong, deputy head of key accounts at Sedgwick in the UK, on how a female colleague being denied compassionate leave spurred her on to be her authentic self at work and break down LGBTQ+ barriers.
Tapoly’s Kaenprakhamroy challenges the male-dominated insurtech sector
Janthana Kaenprakhamroy, CEO and founder of Tapoly, on the barriers she faced as a woman trying to launch an insurtech and how diversity and inclusion needs to become deeply ingrained values in the industry.