Women working in the U.K.’s financial-services industry are seeing little improvement in their pay parity with male colleagues, according to the latest batch of disclosures as this year’s reporting season comes to a close. Businesses have until midnight in London …
Lloyd’s of London will publicly name and shame anyone it bans from its insurance market for sexual harassment, according to Chief Executive Officer John Neal. “When we do see instances of bad behavior, and let’s hope they are infrequent, we …
Lloyd’s announced “a robust plan of action to address reports of sexual harassment in the Lloyd’s market and create a safe and inclusive working environment.” The plan includes possible lifetime bans for perpetrators of sexual harassment. This set of actions …
Lloyd’s of London plans to appoint women to its all-male nominations and governance committee to improve diversity and will convert the pub beneath its offices into a coffee shop in an attempt to phase out its drinking culture, the Sunday …
In the era of #MeToo when the ills of sexual harassment are regularly in the news, a recent article published by Bloomberg Businessweek indicates that some men working in the London insurance market still haven’t gotten the message about appropriate …
By creating an innovative and nimble operating platform, SSL Endeavour, London-based Lloyd’s broker, aims to attract and retain the best entrepreneurial brokers who are freed up to create innovative client solutions, said Group Managing Director Karen Allen. “Being a niche …
The fourth annual global festival for diversity and inclusion (D&I), Dive In, begins this week in a record number of 27 countries across the globe. Dive In began in 2015 in London, growing to 10 countries in 2016, 17 in …
There has never been a better time for the insurance profession to begin deepening the conversation around diversity and inclusion (D&I). In fact, there has never been a better time to capitalize on the fact that the industry has started …
Insurers, industry bodies and brokers, together with other organizations across the insurance sector, have joined forces to launch a new industry-wide pledge, designed to change behaviors and create a more inclusive work environment across the sector. Spearheaded by Lloyd’s and …
The fourth Dive In Festival for diversity and inclusion (D&I) in insurance will reach more cities than ever in 2018, marking outstanding growth since its inception in 2015. Events this year will be spread across three days from Sept. 25-27 …
