Diversity
ABI launches flexible working charter
Signatories, which include Aviva, Ageas, Allianz, Covea, Ecclesiastical, LV, and Zurich, commit to opening up the majority of their roles to flexible working, job sharing and part-time working.
Amanda Blanc becomes Women in Finance Champion
Blanc says there are still far too many barriers blocking women’s progress in financial services, as HM Treasury notes over 400 signatories have committed to helping women progress into senior roles and setting targets for gender diversity.
Blog: Moving on from ‘I just fell into insurance’
Gallagher’s Claire Davies considers how the industry can begin to attract school leavers and make insurance a career choice instead of a happy accident.
Opinion: Taking diversity to the next level
Atlanta Group’s Ian Donaldson explains why working to promote diversity is beneficial for all
Blog: Black History Month and what it means for us.
The month of October is Black History Month. In this blog Paul Trail of Close Brothers Premium Finance considers how the insurance sector can be more supportive of BAME employees.
Blog: Diversity and inclusion
In a sponsored post, Close Brothers' Paul Trail considers how the business has developed its D&I approach and calls for greater industry action.
Dive-In: Focus on mental health amid Covid-19
Head Lines: Experts warned that the coronavirus pandemic has increased mental health problems for many.
Dive-In launches with authenticity and perspective as its themes
The diversity and inclusion festival, which begins today, has done research that found firms should pay closer attention to D&I in times of crisis.
Insurance Museum looks to raise £3m
The initiative is trying to raise the sum each year to develop a visitor centre, make a documentary series and develop educational outreach.
UK Broker Awards - Meet the Shortlist - Diversity & Inclusion Award
The Diversity & Inclusion gong is one of the most important new trophies we award at the UK Broker Awards. Meet the brokers who most impressed the judges and became our finalists.
Lloyd's commits to female representation target
Market also launches Culture Dashboard and is set to undertake a second annual survey in October following heavy criticism of its culture in 2019.
Lloyd’s Dive In festival opens registration
The diversity event is taking place virtually this year and has speakers including the first British astronaut Helen Sharman and BBC presenter Naga Munchetty.
Insurance Covid-Cast: Black Lives Matter focus - Q&A with the first minority-led tier-one insurance and reinsurance broker Protecdiv
For the 34th episode of Post and Insurance Age’s video series content director Jonathan Swift sat down with the founders of Protecdiv, a business that claims to be first minority-led tier-one insurance and reinsurance broker.
Where has the industry got to with diversity and inclusion?
Broker Extra 2020: Insurance industry leaders need to educate themselves to improve representation as panellists urge the sector to act now.
Insurance Covid-Cast: Future of Insurance Work - What do millennials want from their employers; and has it shifted due to Covid-19?
For the 32nd episode of Post and Insurance Age’s video series we gathered together a panel to discuss how millennials have experienced lockdown and what temporary practices they would like to see made permanent.
Lloyd's and RSA apologise for slave trade links
Lloyd's pledges support for BAME communities as it condemns "appalling and shameful" part of its history.
Brokers mixed response to Black Lives Matter
Updated: Some have pledged an “anti-racist” approach but there is little ethnicity data available to measure performance.
Blog: Reimagining the future
Coronavirus, the business interruption insurance row and black lives matter protests all present challenges for the insurance sector. The Chartered Insurance Institute's CEO Sian Fisher explores what the way forward as part of the Applied Broker Week.
The Blog Spot: What are you doing to support Black Lives Matter?
The insurance sector is working to improve diversity but how is it changing beyond having conversations?
Axa caught in Instagram row after IWD paid post
Insurer faces criticism after a paid International Women's Day post by male blogger Father of Daughters.
FCA aligns focus to prevent sexual harassment in workplace
Regulator also says it wants to make diversity and inclusion the norm as it seeks to embed "purposeful culture" into companies.
CII’s people lead exits after 18 years
Exclusive: Tali Schlomo left the body at the end of January.
FCA sounds alarm over Brexit, misconduct, and data usage
The regulator examined several areas of potential harm in its annual review of the general insurance sector.
In Person: Amanda Blanc
Blanc chats to Insurance Age about her seven new roles, her thoughts on brokers and why she believes young people should choose a career in insurance