The ongoing Dive In Festival is certainly thrusting diversity and inclusion issues to the forefront of the insurance agenda – and now one major insurer has shown it is willing to take steps to back up the rhetoric with a serious appointment.
Chubb has today announced the promotion of Louisa Lombardo (pictured) as its head of diversity and inclusion for Europe, Eurasia and Africa.
In the newly created position, Lombardo will lead the firm’s strategy across two regions. She was previously a resourcing business partner and is already a steering committee member of Chubb’s Gender Equality Network having founded Chubb’s first UKI D&I Council. She is also a program leader across four project streams and now hopes to further promote D&I activity among the insurer’s executive team.
“I am delighted that Louisa has been appointed to this role,” said Andrew Kendrick, regional president, Europe. “She is a great ambassador for D&I and has worked enormously hard over the past three years to help develop and promote diversity at both Chubb and within the wider insurance community. This new position is a fitting reward for those efforts. As our Head of Diversity, Louisa will be able to strategically concentrate our efforts to continue to improve understanding around the importance and value of inclusion across our regions.”
In addition, Lombardo is a founding member of the cross-market gender inclusion network for insurance and helps connect managing agents and brokers with best practices.
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