Who we work with

The Valuable 500 is a global movement that aims to put disability on the leadership agenda at national and multinational private sector corporations. Zurich is one of 500 companies from across 64 industry sectors to commit to tabling disability on the board agenda.

Zurich is a member of the Financial Services Skills Commission (FSSC), an independent, member-led body, which is helping the sector to address issues impacting skills, diversity and inclusion, and access to talent. We collaborate with other businesses, training providers, regulators and the education sector to create solutions for all involved.

Stonewall's workplace equality index assesses an organisation's lesbian, gay, bi and trans inclusion in the workplace. Zurich has been recognised as one of the Top 100 employers in 2022, 2023 and 2024.

The Women in Finance Charter is a commitment by HM Treasury and signatory firms to work together to build a more balanced and fair financial services industry. The Charter was introduced following the 'Empowering Productivity' report into harnessing the talents of women in finance. When we signed up to the Charter in November 2016, we had 23.1% female representation.

In 2025, Zurich achieved equal representation in its UK senior management community. We have updated our goal to reflect this achievement and our ongoing commitment to equal representation, allowing for a small deviation in either direction given the size of the population. We aspire to retain a broadly even gender split in our senior management, and commit to regular reviews to ensure this goal is maintained.

The Department for Work and Pensions’ Disability Confident scheme supports employers to make the most of the talents disabled people can bring to the workplace. Zurich was the first insurer to achieve Disability Confident status in 2017, and has since attained Disability Confident Leader status, the scheme’s highest level of accreditation.

The Bright Network’s ambition is to provide students from diverse backgrounds with the opportunities, insights and advice to succeed in the workplace. It provides free support to its more than 400,000 members, including arranging meetings with leading employers such as Zurich to find out about career opportunities.

Zurich has signed up to the Age-friendly Employer Pledge with Centre for Ageing Better. This is a nationwide programme for employers who recognise the importance and value of older workers. Employers commit to improving work for people in their 50s and 60s and taking the necessary action to help them flourish in a multigenerational workforce.

Progress Together launched in 2022, the result of a government-commissioned taskforce led by the City of London Corporation and delivered by Connectr and a group of committed organisations. Through a series of workshops, resources, firm-to-firm mentoring and benchmarking, Progress Together is helping its members (including Zurich) to progress and retain a socio-economically diverse workforce.

The Insurance Cultural Awareness Network (iCAN) is a UK-based organisation dedicated to promoting diversity, inclusion, and cultural awareness within the insurance industry. It works to create a more inclusive workplace by providing education, resources and networking opportunities for individuals and organisations. iCAN aims to foster a culture of respect and understanding, where everyone feels valued and can bring their authentic selves to work. It hopes to create a more diverse and innovative insurance industry that better serves the needs of all customers..

Ambitious about Autism is a national charity, whose vision is to make the ordinary possible for children and young people with autism – to help them thrive and achieve. We are collaborating with Ambitious about Autism in a 3-year programme, alongside the Z Zurich Foundation. The programme aims to change the lives of thousands of autistic young people for the better. A schools toolkit will empower autistic young people with the knowledge and self-awareness to proactively look after their own mental wellbeing before reaching crisis point. The aim is to significantly reduce the stigma around autism in schools, giving young people the confidence to succeed, both at school and later in the workplace.

GAIN (Group for Autism, Insurance, Investment and Neurodiversity) is an industry network whose mission is to spark an industry-owned and industry-led radical improvement in the employment prospects of neurodivergent people in insurance, investment and related areas of financial services. We’re proud to be a founder member of GAIN and in 2023 we became the first GAIN ‘transformer’. We know that our neurodivergent colleagues within Zurich bring a strong and differentiated skillset. Working with GAIN enables us to bring together insights from real-life experiences alongside a wide range of resources. This has included a benchmarking exercise across areas such as recruitment, retention, leadership, culture and environment, which highlighted areas to celebrate but equally important areas where there is more we need to do.