Dive In Festival 2021

The 2021 festival introduced the theme of Active Allyship and Empowerment.

From intention to action

After six successful years of raising awareness of the business case for diversity and inclusion, and moving from action into measuring and reporting impact, in 2021 the festival had an anchoring global narrative and rallying message ‘Active Allyship and Empowerment - from intention to action’.

Now, more than ever, there is an essential need to create and empower diversity and inclusion (D&I) allies who can act rather than just talk.

An ally is someone who is not a member of an underrepresented group but who takes action to support that group and takes responsibility for making changes that will help others be successful.

D&I has become a central, driving force within organisations around the world. But for it to truly be successful; leaders and all people in positions of privilege need to be educated, equipped and empowered to understand how to be active allies and champions for all.

Objectives for Dive In 2021 were

Dive In across the globe

• To continue to engage and educate people at all levels on the business case for Diversity & Inclusion.
• To provide people with understanding, knowledge and tools to implement positive change.
• To create impact for diversity & inclusion within the insurance industry.

In new countries

• To concentrate on raising awareness for diversity and inclusion.
• To consider ways to build momentum for the D&I agenda.

In existing Dive In countries

• To increase focus on attracting new audiences beyond the ‘converts’ and sharing the tools that will encourage attendees to move from awareness into action and create measurable impact.

Dive In recognises that the global risk industry is facing complex challenges such as climate change and cyber crime. In order to attract the very best talent to keep pace with the rate of change, insurance needs to focus on its reputation as a great sector to work in. This means looking beyond traditional definitions of diversity to level the playing field for talent comprehensively including gender, gender identity, age, cultural background, sexual orientation, social mobility, faith, caring responsibilities, mental health and physical impairments.

An initiative of Inclusion@Lloyd’s, a cross market collaboration of C-suite executives and industry associations driving the strategic push for greater diversity in the Lloyd’s market, Dive In is the sector’s only international D&I festival that runs concurrently in multiple organisations across all continents, representing every corner of the industry, from the smallest brokers to the largest multi-national companies. The festival raises awareness and builds momentum, and aims to engage and educate people within the Lloyd’s market on the importance of diversity and inclusion in insurance by providing people with understanding, knowledge and the tools to implement positive change. It helps promote a different view of insurance to a variety of stakeholders and to prospective employees both within and outside the industry.

The Dive In festival has grown from a Lloyd’s market event in London at launch in 2015 to become an award winning global movement that is embraced by the wider insurance industry. If Dive In has a vision, it is that insurance is recognised as a progressive industry where workplace cultures create a level playing field for talent, attracting the very best people regardless of gender, gender identity, age, cultural background, sexual orientation, social mobility, faith, caring responsibilities, mental health and physical impairments. Its mission is to enable people to achieve their potential by raising awareness of the business case and promoting positive action for diversity in all its forms.

Find out more

• Video learning library of diversity and inclusion content from the previous festivals.