Opinion

Gender Diversity & Pay Parity Helps Businesses Grow

Workplace culture has changed hugely since the start of the pandemic. In this piece Donna Richards (pictured) talks gender diversity and pay parity at Carpenters Group; “Our gender pay parity and diversity has been a […]

UK Insurance Trends

Zurich Tweaks Graduate Internships: Diversity Beats Competency

Insurer Zurich UK is changing its graduate hiring process to cater for generation Covid after two years of lockdown scuppered young peoples’ chances to gain work experience. The lack of internships and work placements during […]

HR & Employment

Admiral is a Top Rated Workplace For Women to Progress

Interesting update from Admiral, where they still use the word `women.’ Refreshing. The 2022 UK’s Best Workplaces™ for Women list was announced this morning (20th July 2022) by Great Place to Work® UK, recognising Admiral among 263 ranked […]

Insurance Regulation

FCA Rules Will Demand Full Disclosure on Diversity Hires

Latest from the FCA, who are backing hiring on meeting diversity quotas, rather than experience or ability. Still no rule on blind CVs/recruitment policies that don’t state name, age, ethnicity, religion, preferred gender etc. The […]

News

Three New Appointments at The ABI

Three senior leadership appointments have been confirmed today at the Association of British Insurers (ABI). Baroness Nicky Morgan is to become the first Independent Chair in a newly defined role. She takes over from Jon Dye who […]

Opinion

Insurance Needs More Working Class People at The Top

Straight from the Ed’s keyboard; The recent announcement by accountancy firm KPMG highlights a similar problem across financial services, including insurance. KPMG say they want to recruit far more people with working class backgrounds than […]