Diversity and Inclusion – Page 6
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NewsIndustry leaders highlight need for diversity to drive innovation in insurance
’To create innovative products, [the insurance industry] needs to have a diverse pool of talent around the table,’ says senior diversity and inclusion manager
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News AnalysisIn Focus: How can insurance firms address pricing and reputational challenges arising from the ethnicity penalty?
Citizens Advice coined the term ‘ethnicity penalty’ in 2022 to describe when people of colour pay higher insurance premiums than white people – how is the sector ensuring that ethnicity is not influencing pricing?
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NewsIndustry must improve its pitch to young talent – Vicky Carter
’To somebody who knows nothing about it, the industry will sound dull,’ says deputy chairman
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NewsNew fathers would like more time off with newborns – Zurich
’It’s important that we level the playing field by offering an equal parental leave package,’ says chief HR officer
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News AnalysisNew research shows flexibility in working practices is vital in insurance sector’s war for talent
A full third of surveyed companies in the insurance sector did not mandate any days in the office according to the results of the UK Insurance Working Policy Report
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News AnalysisThe Big Question: What was the most important lesson learnt at the Biba Conference 2024?
Industry leaders reflect on the most significant lessons they learned at this year’s conference, or the key takeaways they took back to their businesses
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NewsEmpower Development opens new London office
’It’s now the right time for this very big step,’ says managing director
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News AnalysisIn Focus: What are the challenges in developing training programmes that consider hybrid work setups?
With hybrid working models now commonplace post-pandemic, how can staff training and skill sharing remain efficient when not in-person?
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News AnalysisIn Focus: Brokers ‘frustrated’ at lack of skills despite raising wages for appointees
’We are driving up wages and we’re not getting any better, competent people,’ says chief executive
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IT InterviewPeter Farrelly: Sector must seek talent from ‘unorthodox’ sources
’We can’t rewind the clock – we have to try to close the [talent] gap by accelerating development and looking at new talent pools,’ says UK chief operating officer
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Sponsored ContentDoes hybrid working lower productivity? Have your say
The survey seeks to investigate how hybrid and flexible working policies are affecting the insurance sector’s war for talent and hiring practices
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NewsMore women found to be in leadership roles across London market
It came as the workforce across the London market increased between 2021 and 2023
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IT InterviewNick Line: Markel arming underwriters with ‘right training and support’ to address exposed classes
Markel International’s chief underwriting officer underscores the ‘pivotal’ role of education and digital skills in empowering underwriters to navigate complex risk landscapes
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NewsBiba 2024: Hybrid working impacting service levels
’It has now become easy to say no to coming into the office and letting that phone ring,’ says chief executive
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News AnalysisBriefing: Neurodiversity first highlights why sector must be bolder on D&I progress
There is a rising recognition that neurodiverse staff can bring a different view and approach to the risks that the industry faces
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NewsInsurance Times launches hybrid working survey in partnership with Vermelo RPO
The new survey seeks to investigate how hybrid and flexible working policies are affecting the insurance sector’s war for talent and hiring practices
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NewsTop talent being ‘swallowed up’ through M&A causing recruitment challenges
’They can potentially be quite difficult to prize away,’ says managing director
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NewsHigh Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week
Insurance Times rounds up the biggest stories from this week
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IT InterviewOke Eleazu: Addressing the diversity and inclusion dilemma in insurance
’Insurance has a double whammy – firstly it’s not attracting enough people of colour and so by definition there’s a struggle with leadership levels,’ says co-founder and chief executive
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NewsUK insurers face European market hiring challenge following Brexit
’As you can imagine, these processes are often lengthy,’ says chief executive officer
