Link founder calls for focus on social mobility
Erik Johnson, co-founder of Link, the LGBT Insurance Network, has highlighted social mobility as the primary area of improvement for insurance diversity and inclusion efforts.
In an exclusive interview with Insurance Post, Johnson highlighted the insurance industry has come a long way since 2011, when he started his diversity and inclusion
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