NEW YORK, July 26, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- NFP, a leading insurance broker and consultant that provides employee benefits, property & casualty (P&C), retirement and individual private client solutions, is proud to welcome high school and college women to its Austin office today as a host for GenHERation Discovery Days 2018.
Discovery Days are a series of immersive summer day trips that provide high school and college women with the opportunity to visit the most innovative companies across 10 cities in America. NFP's Austin office will serve as a point of inspiration and access for young women, opening its doors to attendees for an office tour, panel discussions, networking with key female and male leaders and team-building activities.
"GenHERation is excited to partner with NFP to highlight the variety of career opportunities available in the insurance industry," said founder and CEO of GenHERation Katlyn Grasso. "Through our work with NFP, thousands of young women will have the ability to learn from NFP's female leaders and develop the skills needed to be successful professionals. During GenHERation Discovery Days 2018 Austin, our members will get to experience the NFP culture firsthand, specifically how NFP puts its people first in everything that they do."
NFP will also participate in Discovery Days' Campus Connection tours in additional cities, in which NFP leaders visit local campuses to host panels and team-building activities. NFP continues to build on its relationship with GenHERation. In 2017, both organizations partnered to facilitate a project that encouraged applicants to develop a recruitment strategy for NFP that seeks to reach young women interested in working in the insurance industry. NFP selected the top submission, by Clayton Buckaloo, a student at the University of South Carolina; Clayton will receive three one-hour mentoring sessions with Lara Nichols, SVP of Procurement. The top 10 submissions were selected to receive additional interviews with NFP for consideration for their summer internship program.
"NFP's leadership team is passionate about closing the gender career achievement gap," said EVP and Chief Human Resources Officer Kim Davis. "We are thrilled to work alongside GenHERation to bring like-minded female leaders together to support lifelong learning opportunities and industry-specific training for millennial women."
"The opportunity to learn from our nation's most inspirational women and partake in a mentoring session with Lara Nichols was an empowering experience. GenHERation has influenced the way I visualize my career going forward — to serve, just like these strong, purpose-driven women who are making a difference in their fields," said Buckaloo. Since participating in the Discovery Days program and winning the NFP contest, Buckaloo has gone on to accept an intern position with the Oprah Winfrey Network.
As an additional testament to NFP's commitment to women's professional advancement, NFP was recently named to Mogul's Top 1000 Companies for Millennial Women in its 2018 list. As part of Mogul's mission of empowering women to succeed in every way possible, their annual ranking is based on original research that examines workplaces and assesses them based on five criteria: Women's Initiatives, Women in Leadership, Workplace Policies, Workplace Culture, and Overall Diversity & Inclusion.
About NFP
At NFP Corp., our solutions and expertise are matched only by our personal commitment to each client's goals. We're a leading insurance broker and consultant that provides employee benefits, property & casualty, retirement and individual private client solutions through our licensed subsidiaries and affiliates.
NFP has more than 4,300 employees and global capabilities. Our expansive reach gives us access to highly rated insurers, vendors and financial institutions in the industry, while our locally based employees tailor each solution to meet our clients' needs. We've become one of the largest insurance brokerage, consulting and wealth management firms by building enduring relationships with our clients and helping them realize their goals.
Recently NFP was named the 2nd largest retirement plan aggregator firm, as ranked by Investment News; the 5th largest U.S.-based privately owned broker, the 5th best place to work in insurance and the 6th largest benefits broker by global revenue by Business Insurance; the 9th largest property & casualty agency by total 2016 P&C revenue and the 9th largest commercial lines agency by total 2016 P&C and commercial lines revenue by Insurance Journal; the 10th largest employee benefits broker by Employee Benefit Adviser; the 11th largest broker of U.S. business by Business Insurance; and the 12th largest global insurance broker by Best's Review.
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