As part of the coverage of our August “Top Women in Insurance” issue, American Agent & Broker interviewed some of the most successful women in the insurance field today. In our other installments, read how top industry women find success at work and at home and 8 stories of mentorship and sponsorhip.

Several who have been in their careers 30 years or more concede that insurance has come a long way since the days when management was exclusively “pale and male.” But all of them also acknowledge that our industry still has a long way to go to achieve true balance and diversity.

Here's what six of them had to say on what it's like to be a woman in what's still a male-dominated field.

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