Marsh comes on as GOLD sponsor for iCAN!
The Insurance Cultural Awareness Network (“iCAN”) are proud to announce that Marsh have come on board as the network’s first gold sponsor. Marsh is supporting iCAN’s work at the highest sponsorship level, demonstrating their commitment to driving change and enabling diversity and inclusion in the insurance industry, both in the UK and more broadly. Marsh Joins other iCAN sponsors, including Markel, Ardonagh, Chubb, Allianz and Apollo, amongst others.
Marsh’s sponsorship will support iCAN’s work and initiatives in 2022 which include member events, the INspire self-service mentoring scheme, recruitment platform iCANApply, the Popular Coffee with the CEO series, the iCANVoice podcast series and more. Through the year Marsh and iCAN will also work together on further activities, events and engagement opportunities alongside Marsh’s own colleague resource groups.
Ajay Mistry, iCAN Co-Chair and Head of Digital Sales & Marketing at Clear Insurance Management Limited said “We are honoured to bring Marsh on board as our gold sponsor. Their generous support will enable us to continue delivering the activities that make a real difference to our members, and expand our reach even further.”
“As a market leader, Marsh’s commitment to multicultural inclusion is incredibly important and their sponsorship of iCAN demonstrates their intention to lead by example,” says Kishan Mangat, Co-Chair and Senior Associate at DWF. “We are delighted to have the opportunity to work closely with them this year.”
Martina Baugh, Executive Sponsor of the Multicultural Committee at Marsh commented, ‘We are delighted to enhance our ongoing partnership with iCAN to help drive lasting change in the insurance industry. We are unwavering in our commitment to ensuring that we are an open and vibrant community that celebrates diversity of backgrounds and thought, drives innovation through difference, and offers opportunity to all.’
iCAN is an industry-wide, independent, volunteer-run network that supports multicultural inclusion across the insurance sector, and is an Inclusion@Lloyd’s partner network, which also includes LINK, the Gender Inclusion Network, iDAWN, the Next Generation Insurance Network and The Insurance Families Network. With over 2,000+ members and growing fast, iCAN’s sponsors play an integral role in supporting the work of the network and helping to drive change within our industry.
Read the press release in Insurance Business UK