Only 8% of broking CEO and 5.4% of chair roles held by women

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With gender diversity falling in key regulated senior management functions at brokers and lagging behind the low levels in the FCA-regulated financial services sector Insurance Age takes a deep-dive into which posts are held by women as our Broker Diversity Push - Gender Leadership Gap campaign continues.

As revealed yesterday, at the end of August women only held 15.7% of six key broking functions approved by the Financial Conduct Authority, down from 15.72% in December 2020. A total of 1,892 female postholders.

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