In addition to making DE&I conversations pivotal to Wholesale & Specialty Insurance Association's 2022 Annual Marketplace, the organization launched fresh programs this year to further its goal of establishing long-term organizational successes within the wholesale, excess and surplus lines insurance sector. (Image: freshidea/Adobe Stock)
The Wholesale & Specialty Insurance Association (WSIA) undertook notable steps during 2022 to provide its member organizations with resources to foster long-term success in establishing diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) initiatives as well as more inclusive staff and workplace cultures.
"There are many people in our industry who are serious" about diversity and inclusion, says Vanessa Sims, WSIA's director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. "But you have to be strategic, and you have to have a plan."
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