iCAN are delighted to welcome Phoenix Group as Bronze Sponsor for 2023
We are very excited to announce that Phoenix Group is joining the network as a Bronze Sponsor for 2023!
This sponsorship shows how much Phoenix values and supports diversity and inclusion within the insurance industry. It's great to see a company that is committed to promoting and encouraging diversity and ensuring everyone has a fair chance to succeed.
This sponsorship will commence immediately and remain until the end of 2023.
More about Phoenix Group
Phoenix Group is proud to be the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business.
The FTSE 100 company’s broad range of pensions and savings products means it can support people across all stages of the savings life cycle. It provides the right guidance at the right time to ensure customers feel safe on their journey to and through retirement.
Phoenix Group has been serving its customers for more than 240 years. Over that time, it has accumulated a wealth of experience, which continues to underpin its business today.
Its market-leading brands, including Standard Life, combined with its unrivalled capabilities, enable the Group to deliver better outcomes for its customers and sustainable dividends for shareholders. Together they are helping millions of people to secure a lifetime of possibilities.
The Group’s vision is to grow a strong and sustainable business to help more people on their journey to and through retirement. It is a FTSE 100 company and has been recognised as a leading employer for many years.
The sponsorship
Phoenix’s sponsorship will support a wide range of iCAN’s ongoing and newly launched initiatives for 2023. The initiatives include our INspire self-serving mentoring platform and iCANConnect, a safe space for D&I leaders across the insurance industry, as well as our newly launched iCANApply Jobs Board which aims to give more access for our members to opportunities within the insurance industry.
In addition to these three main initiatives, the sponsorship will support the continuation of the iCANVoice Podcast, Coffee with the CEO series, and a range of virtual and in-person events for the 3,500+ members based in the UK and internationally.
Colleen Williams, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Business Partner at Phoenix commented:
“Phoenix Group is proud to support iCAN with the shared mission to increase ethnic diversity in the insurance industry.
“One of the values in our business is to embrace difference, we recognise that people are at the core of our success, so we want to ensure that our employees feel welcome to bring their whole selves to work.”
Michaela Gibson, Head of DEI Transformation & Programme Management at Phoenix commented:
“Having been part of the initial group that set up iCAN I am very pleased that Phoenix Group are now official sponsors and we are looking forward to working together to increase multicultural inclusion across the UK insurance industry.
“I am particularly looking forward to Phoenix playing an active part in the new Birmingham/West Midlands chapter of iCAN.”
To learn more about Phoenix Group, visit https://www.thephoenixgroup.com/about-us