In New Zealand’s employee-friendly market, Insurance Business has identified insurance companies that stand out for their operations, benefits, and programs that attract and retain talent.
Insurance Business New Zealand (IBNZ) completed this year’s list of top insurance employers report by inviting companies across the country to nominate insurers, brokerages, underwriting agencies, and other insurance firms with outstanding employee benefits and programs. The IBNZ team then asked the nominees to provide details of their operations, number of employees, the average tenure of staff, and turnover rate over the last 12 months, as well as to provide an employee engagement score and details of the methodology used to obtain it.
The nominees described their key achievements, activities, programs, and results across several areas, including remuneration, training and professional development, career progression, DE&I, access to technology and resources, communication, work-life balance, health and wellbeing, and rewards and recognition.
Gallagher Bassett (GB), New Zealand’s largest multi-line third-party claims administrator, was among this year’s list of top insurance employers in the country.
In an interview with IBNZ, Gaby Cook, national people and culture manager at GB, shared that the company has been focusing on traditional DE&I initiatives, such as supporting athletes with disabilities in the Special Olympics, diversity of thought, using the Māori language, flexibility with work time preferences, and supporting the ageing workforce.
“There are no second-class citizens at Gallagher Bassett,” Cook said.
Learn more about GB’s benefits, initiatives, and programs to support employees, customers, and communities here – or see the complete list of top insurance employers by reading the IBNZ Top Insurance Employers 2022 report.
