Diversity
Roundtable: The future of insurance in the digital age
Insurers feel they need to adapt to the digital age but they don’t all agree on how to drive technological change. What culture should they nurture? Post invited a number of industry experts to discuss the challenges ahead
Bupa's Alex Perry: There is no health without mental health
Insurers need to turn their focus to mental health, one of the biggest people issues facing UK businesses, writes Alex Perry, CEO of Bupa Insurance UK.
Insurance Supper Club founder Barbara Schönhofer awarded MBE
Barbara Schönhofer awarded MBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours List
Blog: Pukka's Sam White on the investment gap
Pukka's CEO Sam White calls on bankers to fund female-led businesses to achieve gender balance.
Gocompare uses tools to remove unconscious bias in hiring process
Price comparison site, GoCompare has decided to remove candidates’ names from CVs and create an all-female shortlist for its chief marketing officer role, in a bid to attract more female staff.
This week in Post: Dual pricing and declaring bankruptcy
If only online retailers worked in the same way as price comparison sites and insurers.
Airmic’s John Ludlow on why diversity and equality have become a business imperative
John Ludlow, CEO of the Association of Insurance and Risk Managers, on lessons learnt the hard way and why diversity makes good commercial sense.
This Month in Post: shame, sunshine and an opportunity for change
Insurers have published their gender pay gap statistics. It was never going to go well and the industry's shameful figures further highlight that change is needed. With a bank holiday weekend approaching, perhaps it would be prudent to use that extra day…
Editor's comment: As easy as ABC
As any mother does, from the day my son was born, I spend a lot of time trying to get him to talk. We did baby sign language, Monkey Music singing nursery rhymes and, of course, I read to him every night before bed.
Covea's Simon Cooter on investing in tech for customers, not for profit
Innovation needs to focus on enhancing customer experience, explains Simon Cooter, commercial lines & HNW director at Covéa Insurance.
Analysis: How the industry was shamed by the gender pay gap
It was never going to go well. Even a year ahead of the results, industry figures were predicting that the industry would shame itself when the gender pay gap numbers were published.
State of the Broker Nation 2018: Probing broking
Michèle Bacchus spoke to brokers to find out their thoughts on regulation, their trade body and their opinion of the UK insurance market
Lust for trust: can public trust be restored in insurance?
Nick Marson, founder of Parallel Mind, talks to commentators from across the insurance market to garner their views of how the insurance market can respond with one collective voice to meet the challenge of restoring public trust
Axa's Bertrand Poupart-Lafarge on why inclusion must not be to the detriment of the majority
Diversity and inclusion efforts must not be seen as something that is only for people from minority groups, explains Bertrand Poupart-Lafarge, chief financial officer and executive sponsor for diversity and Inclusion at Axa UK.
Blog: Young women, jump at an insurance career
As we mark International Women’s Day 2018, Angela Darling, group risk and compliance director at Complete Cover Group, feels the insurance industry has come a long way towards accepting women onto boards in the last 40 years.
Analysis: Women-friendly travel policies: Fair for females
As conversations around the gender pay gap or harassment at work illustrate, an increasing number of women are demanding a fairer deal. But will this extend to their insurance?
Interview: Romaney O'Malley, AIG
AIG head of UK regions Romaney O’Malley has been heading the group’s industrial segment since June 2016. She explains to Will Kirkman how the insurer is reshaping its approach to risk and fostering its female talent
Scottish government endorses ABI's efforts on diversity
The Scottish government has endorsed the Association of British Insurers' efforts on diversity across the insurance sector.
Ardonagh's David Ross on changing attitudes to mental health
Mental wellbeing has become a focus of the insurance industry, and David Ross, CEO of The Ardonagh Group, believes brokers have a role to play in changing attitudes in the workplace.
Career Development: Five insurers reveal gender pay gap figures
Five insurers have revealed by how much women are underpaid in their organisations compared to men.
Lloyd’s gender pay gap at 27.7%
Male employees across Lloyd’s are paid 27.7% higher on average than female staff.
Ageas's François-Xavier Boisseau on fake pricing scandals
Insurers do not quote racist premiums, writes François-Xavier Boisseau, CEO insurance at Ageas UK, urging the sector to better educate the public on how pricing works.
Opinion: Inclusion needs the right environment to flourish
We are often asked if and how inclusion can translate across cultures and geographies writes Angie Peacock, chair of global inclusion training company the People Development Team.
Career Development: Zurich launches employee assistance programme app
Zurich has launched an app that will enhance access to its employee assistance programme, Workplace Options.