In June, the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation—a charity with which National Underwriter has a great relationship and that raises millions of dollars for charities serving families and children in need—hosted the Women in Insurance Conference Series, a collection of four forums in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Dallas aimed at furthering the conversation around gender diversity.
The IICF deserves serious credit for taking a leadership role in addressing one of the insurance industry's elephants in the room: Why aren't there more intelligent, highly skilled women employed in it, and why are many of those who are, in many cases, serving in supporting or even administrative roles?
The fact that a respected organization like the IICF even has to stick its neck out and raise the level of this conversation speaks to a serious disconnect among some of its most powerful players and an institutional mindset that needs to be bred out. If racism can be considered “so 20th century,” as I like to say, then so is the absurd notion that women have to be relegated to second-tier status. Anywhere.
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Shawn Moynihan
Shawn Moynihan is Editor-in-Chief of National Underwriter Property & Casualty. A St. John’s University alum, Moynihan has earned 11 Jesse H. Neal Awards, the Pulitzers of the business press; seven Azbee Awards, from the American Society of Business Press Editors; two Folio Awards; and a SABEW award, from the Society of American Business Editors & Writers. Prior to joining ALM, he served as Managing Editor/Online Editor of journalism institution Editor & Publisher, the trade bible of the newspaper industry. Moynihan also has held editorial positions with AOL, Metro New York, and Newhouse Newspapers. He can be reached at [email protected].
