Diversity
FSKTN urges action on gender diversity
The Financial Services Knowledge Transfer Network has called for the implementation of new measures to tackle the gender inequality among top companies.
Insurance Census: Race: Background check
In the final part of Post's Insurance Census on diversity in the industry, the focus is on race. To what extent does the sector offer equal opportunities to ethnic minorities - and how much has the situation improved in recent years?
Insurance Census: Age: The generation game
In the second of a three-part series on diversity in the industry, age comes under the spotlight. How are different age groups represented across insurance, and what is being done to entice the next generation of employees into insurance?
Insurance Census: Gender: Battle of the Sexes?
In the first of a three-part series on diversity in the industry, Post analyses the role of gender in insurance. Does the traditional image of a male-dominated industry hold true, or do females have a strong presence across the sector?
Post Blog: The great diversity cover-up
For the past four years I have worked as a journalist in the insurance sector, learning the trade, meeting the people that matter and, most importantly, serving the readers of Post Magazine.
View from the top: Diversity dilemma
Better gender diversity will boost the industry's understanding of cultural, social and economic issues, says Nicolas Aubert, managing director, Chartis Insurance UK.
Editor's comment: Quotas quickly quashed
Having responded to Business Secretary Vince Cable’s call to take the lead in addressing the gender imbalance on company boards, the insurance industry has resoundingly rejected the notion of quotas as a mechanism to tackle this persistent problem.
News analysis: Quota calls for female board membership met with sharp scepticism
Stronger female representation on company boards is one of the recommendations laid down by the Association of British Insurers last week, in its first report on board effectiveness