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Briefing: Bringing the baby to the boardroom is ‘nothing but a normal Tuesday’

By 2022-09-29T10:29:00

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Juggling hybrid working and parenting responsibilities can be tricky for any insurtech chief executive, but has the pandemic and subsequent turn to technology shifted the notion that the lowest wage earner must stay home and child rear?

I believe it was Aviva UK’s chief executive Amanda Blanc who, while discussing the pressures on home working mothers, first raised her concerns that women could “miss out on opportunities” if they did not return to the office post-pandemic. 

The Covid-19 lockdowns accelerated technology’s use in insurance and forced hybrid and remote working to become the norm – but is it now more acceptable to bring your baby to the boardroom?

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