A group of 50 insurance firms and trade bodies has launched the Inclusive Behaviours Pledge, an industry-wide initiative to demonstrate the insurance profession’s unwavering commitment to transforming its culture.
The founding signatories included Lloyd’s of London, Zurich, Aviva, AXA, Willis Towers Watson, Marsh, the British Insurance Brokers Association, the Association of British Insurers, the Lloyd’s Market Association and the London & International Insurance Brokers’ Association.
Signing the pledge means firms agree to alter and challenge negative and inappropriate behaviours and promote and encourage the right, desired behaviours in the workplace.
Additionally, it commits CEOs to take action within their own organisations if their employees are not treated with dignity.
The pledge, which builds on the sector’s well-established work and initiatives driving greater inclusion across the profession, is a public commitment to reinforce these equality ideologies.
All forms of discrimination, including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnerships, pregnancy/maternity, family and caring responsibilities, race, religion/belief, gender or sexual orientation, will be tackled.
Within the pledge, there is a clear framework of desired behaviours for leaders and employees in the workplace, as well as in their interactions with suppliers and customers.
Lloyd’s CEO, Inga Beale, who herself founded the Inclusion@Lloyd’s initiative in 2013, said having worked in the insurance industry for 36 she has seen how far it has come.
She added: “I’m proud of the progress that has been made, but the job isn’t over yet.”
“The Inclusive Behaviours Pledge is a public commitment reinforcing our promise as individual organisations, and as a collective, to challenge inappropriate behaviour and create increasingly welcoming and inclusive workplaces for the diverse talent powering our sector.”
For more information about the pledge, or to sign up, visit www.inclusiveinsurancepledge.co.uk.