In 2025, we rang the bell on a critical challenge facing the London market: the female underwriting leadership pipeline was going backwards. This year, we move the conversation forward.
The 2026 Underwriting Talent Summit will focus on progression. If we are building a pipeline of talented female underwriters, how do we ensure they reach the most senior leadership roles? What barriers remain? What do future female leaders need from their employers? And what can senior underwriting leaders do differently to create lasting change?
Bringing together CEOs, CUOs and senior underwriters from across the market, this summit will explore the practical actions, leadership behaviours and organisational cultures that enable talent to thrive and progress. Our panellists and speakers will reflect on the reality of building a career in the London market: the achievements, the challenges and how they created their own pathway to leadership.
Agenda: 12 November 2026
| 09.00 | Welcome and registration |
| 09.30 | Opening remarks: reflections, progress and the path ahead Sheila Cameron, CEO, LMA |
| 09.45 | What matters most? Perspectives from underwriting leaders of the future Panel discussion |
| 10.30 | Keynote: AI: the technology that might finally change who gets to the top Tracey-Lee Kus, Co-CEO EMEA, Aon Rachel Turk, Chief of Performance & Strategy, Lloyd’s |
| 11.15 | Networking and coffee breakout |
| 12.00 | How they really got there: busting the myths of senior leadership Panel discussion |
| 12.45 | Closing remarks Sheila Cameron, CEO, LMA |
| 13.00 | Close |
Speakers
Sheila Cameron
CEO
LMA
Tracey-Lee Kus
Co-CEO EMEA
Aon
Rachel Turk
Chief of Performance & Strategy
Lloyd’s
Further speakers will be announced over the coming weeks.
Explore the findings from the 2025 Summit