Diversity
How to create an inclusive insurance company
How to make sure the insurance industry attracts and retains a wider pool of talent is the topic of the latest Insurance Post Top Tips video, featuring Caroline Taylor, chief operating officer of Acies MGU.
Best Insurance Employers to work for in 2024 revealed
First Central and Konsileo are the greatest large and small to medium-sized insurance employers in the UK respectively to work for, according to Insurance Post’s Best Insurance Employers survey.
Why are there few female insurance leaders over the age of 50?
Carmen Powell, interim managing director of ISC Group, examines why the upper echelons of insurance feature few women aged 50-plus and what it will take to attract and retain more in top jobs.
Lloyd’s joins forces with eight insurers in diverse talent push
Lloyd’s, along with Arch, Axa XL, Beazley, Chubb, Hiscox, Howden, MS Amlin and Tokio Marine Kiln, has unveiled plans to provide higher education bursaries to black and ethnically diverse talent, in a bid to make the insurance industry inclusive.
British Insurance Awards 2024 winners revealed
Aviva was among the big winners with four outright prizes at last night’s (3 July) British Insurance Awards, on an evening where former British Insurance Brokers’ Association CEO Steve White was recognised with The Achievement Award.
Sedgwick’s Crystal says insurers should embrace neurodiversity
Nathalie Crystal, senior public relations manager for Sedgwick in the UK, has urged the industry to ditch traditional hiring methods, in order to bring in more neurodivergent talent.
How insurers can support menopausal colleagues
How insurers can help people going through menopause or perimenopause is the topic of the latest Insurance Post Podcast.
How the FCA aims to stamp out toxic workplace cultures
Thomas Beale, partner and head of the bullying and harassment team at Bolt Burdon Kemp, examines how the Financial Conduct Authority’s rules for non-financial misconduct are set to change plus the ramifications for the insurance industry.
Insurance Post Census 2024: Have your say
Insurance Post’s Census is back, and we need your help to achieve a snapshot of the make-up of the industry in 2024.
Diary of an Insurer: Peppercorn AI's Nigel Lombard
Nigel Lombard, CEO and founder of insurtech Peppercorn AI, shares a week in the life of a start-up, which includes remote working, investor meetings and gaining B Corp status.
Tackling Sexism in the City
Post Podcast: The Financial Conduct Authority is seeking to create a culture in insurance where people can speak up, challenge and be confident the issues they identify will be investigated and addressed.
Aon’s Biddle on inspirational women improving social mobility in insurance
Charlotte Biddle, senior global benefits consultant at Aon, on making general insurance a more inclusive industry for individuals who feel “more Primark than Prada”.
What does Winslow’s hiring splurge say about DLG’s future?
Content Director’s View: Jonathan Swift takes stock of Direct Line Group CEO Adam Winslow’s new look executive team and asks whether it has the attributes to succeed.
Insurance’s problem with a shrinking pool of arbitrators
Mark Everiss, partner in insurance and reinsurance at Eversheds Sutherland, explores the practicalities of, and difficulties in, finding a competent impartial tribunal of arbitrators to determine insurance and reinsurance disputes.
Big Interview: Cécile Fresneau, QBE
Cécile Fresneau, managing director of the insurance division of QBE’s European Operations, reveals her growth plans, hopes for generative artificial intelligence and her efforts to boost the number of female senior underwriters.
Insurance experts propose using IPT to combat premium discrimination
Insurance industry professionals have proposed that the government use insurance premium tax to address the “poverty premium” and “ethnicity penalty” in motor insurance.
Dive In opens inclusive manager campaign
Dive In, the insurance industry’s diversity, equity and inclusion festival, has invited nominations for managers making “outstanding” inclusion contributions.
CII Broking Community’s Patel on insurance’s war for talent
Trade Voice: Isha Patel, managing director for the South East at Partners& and a member of the Chartered Insurance Institute’s Broking Community, says the industry needs to go above and beyond remuneration to attract talent.
FCA clarifies approach to non-disclosure agreements
The Financial Conduct Authority has insisted non-disclosure agreements should not prevent whistleblowers working in insurance from sharing the discrimination or harassment they face with the watchdog.
McLarens reports data from 230 offices for sustainability certification
McLarens has collected carbon footprint data from 230 offices to become the first insurance sector company to gain the Planet Mark certification.
What prompted FCA checks on bullying in insurance?
Jeremy Irving, head of the financial services regulatory practice at law firm Browne Jacobson, considers what could have prompted the Financial Conduct Authority looking into non-financial misconduct in the insurance industry.
Power List: Ones to watch in insurance in 2024
Here are the ones to watch who narrowly missed out on a place in this year’s Insurance Post Power List, but based on their role, career to date and growing influence look set to feature in future rankings.
Louise O’Shea, CFC
Louise O’Shea was appointed group CEO at CFC in January 2024 having served as an independent non-executive director since 2021.
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.