iCan (Insurance Cultural Awareness Network)
iCan unveils 80 role models to mark eighth birthday
iCan has launched the latest edition of its Role Models book, which for the first time features professionals from both the UK and the US.
Why in-person networking is irreplaceable
Trade Voice: iCan’s Ajay Mistry on why in-person networking is more important than ever in the insurance industry.
ABI adviser calls current climate ‘difficult time’ for DEI work
Association of British Insurers senior policy adviser for diversity, equity and inclusion Liisa Antola has said it is a “difficult time” to work in DEI.
How to climb the insurance career ladder in 2025
The final Insurance Post Top Tips video of this year features almost as many famous faces as Band Aid’s epic video for 'Do they know it’s Christmas' did back in 1984.
Insurance Post’s Christmas Special Podcast
Post content director Jonathan Swift, news editor Scott McGee and Emma Ann Hughes, editor, ditch the usual format of our publication’s award-winning podcast to deliver a holly, jolly Christmas Special.
Dive In Special – Next decade of diversity and inclusion
What is required to make strides forward towards becoming a diverse and inclusive industry is tackled in the latest Insurance Post Podcast.
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.
Roundtable: Can ESG unlock insurer value?
Insurance Post recently gathered a group of insurance, underwriting and data experts to discuss how firms can better evolve their ESG strategies in line with growing demand and responsibilities.
Ajay Mistry, iCan
Ajay Mistry is the co-founder and co-chair of iCan, The Insurance Cultural Awareness Network, an industry-wide group set up to support multicultural inclusion and career progression.
iCan’s Mistry on the importance of employee resource groups
Trade Voice: Ajay Mistry, co-founder of iCan and founder of Gambit Partners, outlines the importance of employee resource groups to firms’ diversity, equity and inclusion strategies.
Diary of an Insurer: Allianz’s Felix Wong
Felix Wong, diversity and inclusion consultant at Allianz, draws parallels between Disney Plus’s ‘The Bear’ and the insurance industry as he works to make the sector more inclusive for colleagues and customers.
iCan launches mentoring platform
iCan has launched a mentoring platform designed to meet the development needs of Generation Z workers entering the insurance industry “that are not being adequately met by the current system”.
How outreach, mentoring and apprenticeships are changing insurance
Post Podcast: Insurance is now having to compete with a whole new breed of companies, including Deliveroo, for fresh talent, according to Grant Clemence, chair of the QBE Foundation.
iCan’s Mistry on navigating diversity and inclusion in insurance
Trade Voice: Ajay Mistry, co-founder of iCan and founder of Gambit Partners, outlines the diversity, equity and inclusion challenges facing the insurance sector in 2024.
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.
Steps industry needs to take to retain Generation Z
Data analysis: Insurers need to ditch the marketing spiel and demonstrate what they are doing about artificial intelligence, climate change, and inclusion, if they want to appeal to Generation Z.
Is remote working right for the insurance industry?
Editor’s View: Following the firing of an insurance employee whose keystrokes showed she wasn’t working enough from home, Emma Ann Hughes considers whether remote working is suitable for fresh entrants to the industry.
Three insurance industry challenges for Gen Z to fix
Use artificial intelligence as an assistant, don’t let inclusion be a tick box exercise, and shape your company’s climate change efforts was the advice to Generation Z who attended iCan’s Elevate conference last week.
Four ways Generation Z can climb the insurance career ladder
"F**k being humble", "turn off your notifications", and "know your goals" were just three of the suggestions given to hundreds of members of Generation Z who attended iCan’s Elevate conference on Friday.