AXA UK joins GAIN to support its neurodivergent employees

AXA UK announces it has joined GAIN, a community interest company supporting neurodivergent individuals in the financial services industry
The move further reinforces AXA UK’s commitment to becoming a fully inclusive workplace by strengthening support for its neurodivergent employees

AXA UK has today announced it is joining the Group for Autism, Insurance, Investment and Neurodiversity (GAIN) to strengthen its support for neurodivergent employees and reinforce its commitment to creating a culture where everyone feels they belong.

GAIN is a community interest company which aims to spark an industry-owned and led radical improvement in the employment prospects of neurodivergent people in insurance, investment and related areas of financial services. AXA UK will work with GAIN to understand how its policies and procedures can better accommodate neurodivergent employees and their needs.

GAIN will also provide AXA UK with access to industry specific advice and guidance from qualified partners to help develop the insurer’s best practice and neuro-inclusive policies and procedures.

AXA UK’s Employee Network ‘Able’ is focused on disability, long term conditions, neurodiversity and mental health launched its Neurodiversity workstream in 2022. This workstream aims to raise awareness about neurodiversity in the workplace whilst providing an opportunity for our neurodiverse talent to network. The collaboration with GAIN will help to further build on the support provided by this group.

This partnership is further evidence of the importance we place on creating an inclusive workplace where neurodivergent talent is able to thrive. By working with GAIN we will contribute to creating a more diverse insurance sector that better reflects its customer base and attracts the very best talent to work in it.

Suzanne Scott, Chief People and Corporate Responsibility Officer at AXA UK

We welcome the addition of AXA UK as our latest Foundation Plus corporate member of GAIN adding their weight to the insurance-wide determination to unlock potential talent by a radical improvement to career opportunities for neurodivergent individuals in our industry.

Barbara Schonhofer MBE, Co-chair at GAIN

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About AXA UK

AXA Insurance UK plc registered in England and Wales under registered number 078950 and authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority under Financial Conduct Authority registration number 202312. Registered office is 20 Gracechurch Street, London, EC3V 0BG.

AXA UK is part of the AXA Group, a worldwide leader in insurance and asset management, with 147,000 employees serving 94 million clients in 50 countries. In 2023, IFRS revenues amounted to Euro 102.7 billion and underlying earnings to Euro 7.6 billion. AXA had Euro 844 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2023.

In the UK & Ireland, AXA operates through a number of business units including: AXA Insurance, AXA Health and AXA Ireland. AXA UK & Ireland employs around 10,000 staff.

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AXA UK joins GAIN to further support its neurodivergent employees