About Dive In

What is the Dive In Festival?

Dive In is a global movement in the insurance sector dedicated to fostering workplace cultures where talent can thrive. It empowers individuals to realise their potential by raising awareness of the business benefits of inclusive workplaces and promoting positive action to attract and retain a wide range of talent.

In a world grappling with challenges like climate change and cybercrime, the insurance industry must evolve. To attract top-tier talent amid rapid shifts, the sector must cultivate a reputation as an exceptional career choice. This involves redefining diversity to embrace a wide spectrum, including gender, age, culture, orientation, mobility, faith, care roles, mental health, and disabilities.

Dive In: The Festival for Culture and Talent is a year-round initiative that provides guidance and tools to support inclusive workplace cultures. Its efforts culminate in an annual three-day festival, hosted in countries across the world every September.

What's happened so far?

Launched in 2015, Dive In is one of the largest Culture and Talent events in the world, uniting 128,730+ participants from 40+ countries across 866 events on six continents.

Originally launched in London by Inclusion@Lloyd’s, Dive In's influence now extends beyond, encompassing titans in insurance like brokers, underwriters, and more.

#DiveIn2024

130+

events across

46+ 

different countries

44,000

attendees

Dive In timeline

2015

D&I is good for business

Country

Over 1700 attendees

40 speakers

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2016

Dive In Goes Global

10 Countries 

66 events around the world

Over 5000 attendees 

170 speakers

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2017

Diversity Dividend

17 countries 

95 events around the world

Over 5000 attendees

170 speakers

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2018

#TimeforInclusion Awareness into Action

27 countries 

115 events around the world

Over 9000 attendees

310 speakers

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2019

#InclusionImpact

32 countries 

133 events around the world

Over 10,296 attendees

398 speakers

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2020

DiveIn goes virtual to create a #GlobalInclusion

35 countries 

144 events around the world

Over 30,153 attendees

503 speakers

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2021

#ActiveAllyship

145 events across

35 different countries

Attracting 31.067 attendees

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2022

#BraverCultures

150 events across

40 different countries

Attracting 33,952 attendees

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2023

Unlocking Innovation: The Power of Inclusion

130+ events across

35+ different countries

Attracting 30,986 attendees

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2024

A Sustainable Future: The Next 10 Years

130+  events across

46+  different countries

44,000 attendees

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Supporting our partner networks

Inclusion@Lloyd’s also supports the insurance partner networks: GIN, iDAWN, iCAN, NGIN, Insurance Families Network, and LINK.

2024 Festival in review

Dive In 2024 celebrated its 10-year anniversary from 24-26 September, breaking attendance records with over 45,000 sign-ups from 81 countries. Under the theme “A Sustainable Future: The Next 10 Years,” the hybrid festival featured 133 events across 46 countries and six continents, led by over 450 speakers who explored key topics such as multi-generational workforces, neurodiversity, LGBTQ+ inclusion, leadership, disability, racial inclusion and gender equity.