Artificial intelligence is reshaping insurance faster than most organizations can absorb. The tools are advancing. The technology investment is accelerating. What is not keeping pace, in most companies, is the human side of that transformation.

A 2025 International Labour Organization report found that if jobs most highly exposed to generative AI were to disappear, two women would be displaced for every man. Women in insurance are nearly twice as likely as men to hold roles at high risk of automation. And women are adopting AI tools at roughly 25 percent lower rates than men, a gap that compounds the risk over time.

How can you translate your existing expertise, including judgment, relationships, and institutional knowledge, into value that AI cannot replicate?

In today's insurance industry, technical expertise alone is no longer enough. Career advancement, leadership opportunities and professional influence are increasingly shaped by the quality of the relationships we build and maintain throughout our careers.

As AI, hybrid work and global collaboration continue to transform the workplace, the ability to build authentic professional connections has become a critical career skill. Whether you are early in your career, an experienced leader, an introvert, or a natural connector, a strong network can open doors, provide access to mentorship and sponsorship, increase visibility, and create opportunities that might otherwise be missed.

In this practical and engaging session, participants will learn how to build strategic relationships with confidence, strengthen their professional presence and create meaningful connections that support long term career and leadership success. Attendees will leave with practical strategies to expand their network, increase their influence and leverage the power of human connection in an increasingly digital world.

Women have made undeniable progress in the insurance industry—but getting to the top remains complicated, and the reasons may be more uncomfortable than we sometimes acknowledge. What does it really take to move from professional success to positions of genuine power and influence? And what are women willing—or expected—to sacrifice along the way?

In this candid conversation, senior executives and board members will go beyond the familiar discussion of confidence, networking, mentors, and leadership presence to tackle some of the questions we often avoid. Can women really “have it all,” or has the promise of work-life balance created an impossible standard? Does reaching the highest levels of leadership inevitably require tradeoffs—in family life, relationships, personal time, or simply the freedom to step away from work?

The panel will also explore a potentially uncomfortable generational divide. Are young women entering the workplace being given unrealistic expectations about how quickly they should advance, how much flexibility they can expect, and how seamlessly career and personal life can coexist? At the same time, are established workplace norms asking a new generation to accept sacrifices that are no longer necessary—or reasonable?

This will not be a conversation about simply “leaning in.” It will be an opportunity for an honest, sometimes uncomfortable discussion about ambition, expectations, sacrifice, flexibility, family, and the very real price—and rewards—of pursuing leadership at the highest level.