Insurance firm years ahead of boardroom diversity trend

HCI Group takes a deep dive into boardroom diversity — starting internally. Its program could be a national model for solving what’s become a vexing issue for many executives.

  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 6:00 a.m. February 12, 2021
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The HCI Board Observer program was launched in 2018.
The HCI Board Observer program was launched in 2018.
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Alexis Ohanian made some waves last June when he resigned from the board of the company he founded in 2005, online news aggregator and online community Reddit, with one request: he wanted to be replaced by a Black director.

'This program has been a rip-roaring success. We are trying to change the world two people at a time.' Paresh Patel, HCI Group

 

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