Employees at the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies may be chosen to attend an Executive Leadership Council conference exploring the best approaches—not to mention the interviewing and negotiating skills—they need to reach the top.

Women are 63% of the workforce at this property and casualty insurance company, and active networking groups promote their continued success. The Women’s Development Council offers its many members a formal mentoring program, lecture series and biennial leadership conference, while the Chubb Partnership of Women, open to all levels, hosts an annual lunch meeting that finds members engaged in exploring with senior executives the professional choices that have made a difference. As part of the company’s ongoing mission to place multicultural women in important roles, it recently launched a one-year development plan for high-potential executives, while also sponsoring educational sessions on smart workplace strategies. Additional workshops and conferences show women how to increase their visibility, build a brand and accelerate their progress.

Chairman, President & CEO: John Finnegan

Senior VP & Chief Diversity Officer: Trevor Gandy

% of senior managers who are women: 32%

% of corporate executives who are women: 14%

% of promotions to manager, senior manager and corporate executive positions that went to women: 49%

% of the top 10% of the company’s earners who are women: 37%

% of corporate executives with profit-and-loss responsibility who are women: 8%

% of the executives running divisions with revenues of more than a billion dollars who are women: 29%

% of executives who report directly to the CEO who are women: 29%

% of the members of the board of directors who are women: 23%

% of female workforce participating in mentoring: 3%