10% matches on pretax dependent care accounts are available to Phoenix Companies employees.

Staffers who wish to adopt but worry about the cost have a champion in this life insurance and financial services firm, which grants employees up to $9,000 each to cover the cost of bringing home a child under the age of 16 ($10,000 if that child has special needs). To give parents time to bond with their newest family member, the Hartford, CT–based company also allows adoptive parents three fully paid weeks of leave (birthmothers get six), which can be taken intermittently within the first six months after the adoption. Flexible offerings like telecommuting, flextime and compressed workweeks helped make life a bit easier for 75% of workers last year, and a new pilot program allows employees to redirect work calls to any cell phone or landline, giving staffers the freedom to work from anywhere they can find a dial tone.

Chairman, President & CEO: Dona Young

Executive VP, Hr & Corporate Services: Bonnie Malley

Women managers/execs: 38%

Women among top earners: 32%

Women on board of directors: 20%

Women corporate executive hires in 2008: 0%

Women participating in management or leadership training in 2008: 2%

Women participating in formalized executive succession planning last year: 36%

Women promoted last year who utilized a formal flexible work arrangement: 51%

Formal compensation policies reward managers who help women advance: No