In our latest Five minutes with... feature, we catch up with Sylvia Cooper, Chartered Financial Planner at Everlong Wealth. Located across the Midlands, Everlong helps businesses and private clients to grow and protect their wealth through evidence-based financial planning.

Grab a cuppa and read on to see how they have been living our Chartered ethos!

Last year, Insurance Business recognised Zurich (Chartered Insurers) as having a five star Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policy. To determine the most effective programmes, Insurance Business conducted one-on-one interviews with DEI professionals to gain a keen understanding of the industry standards for and find out which companies have met or exceeded these expectations.

All CII Chartered firms are required to have a DEI policy in operation to demonstrate that the firm actively promotes equal opportunities. However, we are aware that many of our Chartered firms go above and beyond this requirement — whether it be supporting industry initiatives, setting stretching goals related to DEI, implementing forward-thinking and supportive policies or sharing insights and best practice more widely so that the Chartered community and profession as a whole can benefit.

In our latest Five minutes with... feature, we catch up with Helen Tavner at SG Wealth Management.

In our latest Five minutes with... feature, we catch up with Nick Dinsdale, Director of Commercial Underwriting at Covéa Insurance.