Diversity and Inclusion in Insurance Awards winner: Emerald Life's Heidi McCormack
Following last month's Diversity and Inclusion in Insurance Awards, we caught up with all the winners. Today, we feature D&III Leader Award winner Emerald Life CEO and founder Heidi McCormack
Can you explain the thinking behind the setting up of Emerald Life?
Insurance is behind the times. While we’ve seen great strides in other services like banking to keep up with modern technology and attitudes, insurance has remained outdated despite being an essential product for millions of consumers in the UK.
One of the simplest observations we made was that insurance is still largely the field of the hetero, white, middle class man. Based on our research and government data, we found that
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