By Loretta L. Worters, Vice President, Media Relations, Triple-I
The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) will host its Inclusion in Insurance Global Conference June 13-15 on the New York Hilton Midtown.
The first in-person worldwide occasion within the convention sequence for the reason that 2019 Women in Insurance Global Conference, it’ll convey collectively a whole lot of insurance coverage professionals, C-suite executives, and specialists on management and variety, fairness, and inclusion (DEI), together with sustainability, wellness, and enterprise leaders for classes devoted to advancing concepts into motion and offering actionable take-aways and methods.
What makes any convention sturdy is the standard of the content material and its audio system. IICF’s planning committee, which modifications from yr to yr, is made up of business professionals who’re closest to the problems of the day, representing all areas of the United States and the United Kingdom within the planning. It’s an business working collectively that makes this convention significantly highly effective.
This yr’s convention will function rising matters in management, private {and professional} development, the enterprise of insurance coverage, and the way forward for work.
Leadership matters embody:
- Personal Finance, with Jean Chatzky — monetary editor of the Today Show for 25 years and founder and CEO of HerMoney.com and the teaching applications FinanceFixx and InvestingFixx;
- Building the Public Voice of Women, with Emily Donahoe, founder/principal, WOMENSPEAK Training; and
- Navigating Intergenerational Differences, with Chris Desantis, creator, speaker and podcast host of Cubicle Confidential.
Industry matters embody:
- Attracting Customers to the Insurance Offer (in an Inclusive Way), with Claire Burns of The Hartford.
Inclusion matters embody:
- Changing the Conversation about Bias, Discrimination, and Privilege Using Brain Science, with best-selling creator and speaker Eric Bailey; and
- Changing the Workplace for Good, with range speaker, creator, and guide Michelle Silverthorn.
Other audio system embody:
- Carmen Duarte, vice chairman, Diversity, Inclusion & Social Impact, Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions; and
“IICF is thrilled to welcome such an accomplished field of speakers for the eleventh year of what was formerly known as the IICF Women in Insurance Conference Series,” mentioned Elizabeth Myatt, vice chairman, chief program officer, and govt director of the IICF Northeast Division. “This event serves as a powerful catalyst for our industry as we bring together insurance professionals of all ages and career stages to discuss, learn and propel critical strategies.”
Myatt, who has led the convention since its inception, famous that it’s her favourite a part of the job. “It has been wonderful to see the evolution of the conference series,” she mentioned. “It is not just gender-focused — it is all kinds of diversity, leadership, and innovation and it’s the business of the industry itself, which has made it so valuable and meaningful to attendees.”
Myatt acknowledges the significance of advancing DEI, which have to be embedded in all the things within the enterprise, and everybody must see the shared worth. She mentioned a Congressional report this yr spelled out a number of the methods the place the insurance coverage business has made an impression.
“There has been progress in gender diversity and for African-Americans, though we have not made as much progress within the Hispanic community as we’d like,” she mentioned. “Through our conferences and the IDEA Council’s development of the IICF Talent Hub – an online resource center for non-traditional job seekers to learn about insurance industry jobs and career opportunities – and the Mentoring Alliance, which will prepare, inspire, and empower diverse talent by pairing them with role models and allies from leading companies across the industry, we are starting to see results.”
The theme for the final 4 years of the worldwide convention has been advancing concepts into motion, Myatt mentioned.
“We want to provide tools, as well as new thinking. We don’t want the ideas that are shared here to stay in the room,” she mentioned. “We plan to arm our audience with ways to make change, whether it’s personal, professional, or cultural.”
To register, for the convention, go to: https://inclusion.iicf.org/.