Diversity and Inclusion in Insurance Awards winner: Zurich's Marianne Skinner
Following last month's Diversity and Inclusion in Insurance Awards, we caught up with all the winners. Today, we feature LGBT+ Champion and overall D&III Champion, Marianne Skinner, London Market underwriter at Zurich Insurance and chair of Zurich Pride UK.
Can you explain the thinking behind the LGBT+ network Zurich Pride UK?
Our LGBT+ and ally network has had a couple of iterations since it began, always with the focus of being a great support system for LGBT+ colleagues in the workplace.
As we began to expand the network, we thought it was a good opportunity to rebrand from GLEE to a name that was instantly recognisable and embodied exactly how we felt about the network – proud.
We now have three main objectives – to support, to educate and
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