Workforces are aging rapidly, and the wholesale and specialty insurance segment is especially challenged in promoting the wide variety of career opportunities in our segment in relation to more well-understood segments of the financial services industry.
In the inaugural year, multiple member firms will host interns across the country with the potential to grow each year. This approach is a component of a comprehensive strategy to realize greater diversity in the wholesale and specialty insurance segment.
Vanessa Sims
There are boundless career opportunities in the wholesale, specialty and surplus lines insurance industry, but that tends to be a secret unless job seekers have a friend or family member in the business. We are working hard to change that by promoting the broad range of experiences, skillsets and benefits that exist in the insurance profession. In 2020, we incorporated the WSIA Diversity Foundation and are expanding our talent outreach to HBCUs and other colleges and universities with diverse student populations. Our goal is to develop a more diverse talent pool, more diversity in thought and more diversity in ideas, which will stimulate new approaches and drive innovation in what we deliver to insurance buyers.