Diversity
Best Insurance Employer: Pen Underwriting
Pen Underwriting achieved a four-star rating in this year’s Insurance Post Best Insurance Employers list, with staff praising managers they can respect and trust.
Best Insurance Employer: Gallagher
Gallagher received a four-star rating from staff surveyed for this year’s Best Insurance Employers list, with employees praising the business for having “the feel of a family firm.”
Best Insurance Employer: Zurich
Zurich has once again been rated a five-star place to work in this year’s Insurance Post Best Insurance Employers list.
Best Insurance Employer: So-Sure
So-Sure appears on the Insurance Post Best Insurance Employer list for the first time after achieving a four-star rating.
Best Insurance Employer: Beazley
Eco-friendly initiatives within the business has helped Beazley achieve a three-star rating in this year’s Insurance Post Best Insurance Employers list.
Best Insurance Employer: Axa
Axa achieved a five-star rating in this year’s Best Insurance Employer list thanks to eight out of 10 employees feel a sense of inclusion and belonging.
Best Insurance Employer: Domestic & General
Domestic & General managed to achieve a four-star rating in this year’s Insurance Post Best Insurance Employer list thanks to the company’s purpose to “save the planet one repair at a time".
Best Insurance Employer: Flood Re
Flood Re may be small, but the mighty feeling staff get from making a difference to people who live at risk of flooding is why it was rated five stars in this year’s Insurance Post Best Insurance Employers list.
Best Insurance Employer: RSA
RSA was praised by employees, earning the insurance giant a three-star rating in this year’s Insurance Post Best Insurance Employer list.
Best Insurance Employer: Ageas
Ageas was praised by long-serving members of staff, earning the provider a five-star ranking in this year’s Insurance Post Best Insurance Employer list.
Best Insurance Employer: HSB
HSB was rated five stars in this year’s Insurance Post Best Insurance Employer list, and is stepping up diversity and inclusion work to climb to the top of future rankings.
Best Insurance Employer: Aioi Nissay Dowa Europe
The Best Large Insurance Employer in 2023 is Aioi Nissay Dowa, according to Insurance Post’s poll of 4,000 employees working at all levels of the industry.
Best Insurance Employer: The Plan Group
The Plan Group achieved five stars in this year’s Insurance Post Best Employers 2023 list because staff love being part of a business that turns customer input into innovation.
Best Insurance Employer: NBS Underwriting
NBS Underwriting was the second highest-rated small employer in Insurance Post’s Best Insurance Employers 2023 list.
Best Small Insurance Employer: Konsileo
This year’s Best Small Insurance Employer is Konsileo. The company also won that accolade in 2022, and was praised by employees surveyed by Insurance Post in 2023 for treating them like “trusted adults".
Best Insurance Employer: QBE
Insurance Post surveyed thousands of employees across the insurance sector and QBE was voted a five-star employer and the third best overall in the large insurer category in 2023.
Big Interview: Aon UK CEO Julie Page
Insurance Post Editor Emma Ann Hughes catches up with Aon UK’s chief executive Julie Page about why she remains a rarity, her ambition for the business, and how she is making insurance a more diverse industry.
Former colleagues heap praise on BIA Achievement winner Amanda Blanc
This year’s British Insurance Awards achievement winner Amanda Blanc has been described as an "outstanding strategy executor," "principled," and "the best boss I ever had," by those who know her best.
Diary of an Insurer: Clear Group’s Jodie Horgan
Jodie Horgan, group sales and marketing director of Clear Group, wakes her daughter up with party poppers and brings together individuals at the start of their insurance careers.
Big Interview: Aon and Biba’s Jane Kielty
Jane Kielty, head of commercial risk at Aon and deputy chair of the British Insurance Brokers’ Association, catches up with Scott McGee about her view on the future of commercial insurance, and how being ejected from her previous career got her thinking…
Allies needed for underrepresented voices to be heard
Leaders in the financial services sector have shared the importance of how allies push for a more inclusive environment, but need more to step up and speak out.
More male insurance CEOs must follow the ladies’ lead
Connection between the insurance industry’s leaders and the wider workforce is essential if this sector is to thrive given how most of us work post-pandemic.
Dive In aims to unlock innovation through inclusivity
Insurance Post is media partner for this year’s Dive In Festival, which will take place from 26 to 28 September and launch a mentoring programme.
Extent of insurers underpaying women exposed
Data Analysis: Data shows the parts of the insurance industry where women are most likely to be earning less than their male counterparts plus what action is actually closing the gender pay gap.