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The financial services and insurance sector suffers from a higher median gender pay gap than any other sector of the economy. Prina Mashru, head of human resources at Konsileo, argues that for women in the sector, flexible working arrangements could reduce this gap and ensure the industry retains the right talent.

It’s too easy to hand wring or blame banking bonuses or shrug and blame women for taking time off work to have children. But working in insurance recruitment over the past 10 years there have been so

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