ORLANDO, FLORIDA – Experts say the captive sector must continue to embrace diversity and build an inclusive culture in the workplace to attract and retain talent.
He was speaking at the World Captive Forum in Orlando on Thursday, sponsored by business insurance,
Melissa Hollingsworth, Atlanta-based enterprise risk manager, Atlanta Housing, said diversity in the workplace should be an ongoing conversation.
“It can’t check the box and then we move on down the road. We have to keep talking about it. And we have to keep it a priority,” said Ms. Hollingsworth, who is 2023 business insurance to see women Respected.
Anne Marie Toole, Indianapolis-based CEO global risk management and captive solutions at Hylant Group Inc., said the captive industry must share their passion for insurance to attract the next generation of leaders.
“The captive industry is sometimes a little-known niche industry that people don’t know and understand, so the first and foremost thing is to create excitement about what we do and whether that’s race, ethnicity, religious practice — that’s Whatever happens, transcends,” he said.
Ms Towle, who was inducted in 2019, said it was important to create a culture and environment where people want to work together. business insurance to see women,
He said it’s important to think differently about recruiting. “For example, historically, in the captive management industry, we are looking for accountants and finance degrees. “How about if we start looking at different areas and experiences?” He said.
Amy O’Brien, Rolling Meadows, Illinois-based vice president – Career Practice Sales, Gallagher Bassett Services Inc., Arthur J. The company, a subsidiary of Gallagher & Company, said that as part of a larger organization with 50,000 employees worldwide, “it is important that our employee base truly reflects the global economy, not just that city or state. In which we live.”
Gallagher Bassett does a lot of hiring through internship and mentorship programs, Ms. O’Brien said. “It is very important that we see a diverse group of applicants,” he said.
Captives have organizations where there are thousands of employees, and “organizations like mine where there are only about 100,” said Rae Brown, assistant vice president of captive insurance solutions at Phoenix-based GPW & Associates Inc.
The concept of diversity may look different in different organizations, Ms. Brown said, but “it still needs to convey the same message.”
Diversity is a cautious behavior for some people but a natural behavior for others, he said.
“When I do my hiring and my hiring processes, I go in blind. And my blindness is willful. I’m looking at a piece of paper that says, ‘Does this person have qualities?’ And I technically don’t even want to know what your gender is, because it’s not important to me. Are you going to perfect the qualities in your resume? And are you fitting culturally within the organization that I work with,” she said.
