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## [A Woman's World - Naomi Sabherwal, AIG](https://blog.iii.ie/inside-track/a-womans-world-naomi-sabherwal-aig)

 31/05/22 12:34 / by [Anne Roberts](https://blog.iii.ie/inside-track/author/anne-roberts) posted in [International Womens Day](https://blog.iii.ie/inside-track/topic/international-womens-day)

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The 5th and final blog post in our Woman's World series features Naomi Sabherwal, Head of Marketing & Communications, GCC and North Africa at AIG.

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## [A Woman's World - Ruth Leggett, Sedgwick](https://blog.iii.ie/inside-track/a-womans-world-ruth-leggett-sedgwick)

 04/03/20 16:33 / by [The Insurance Institute](https://blog.iii.ie/inside-track/author/the-insurance-institute) posted in [International Womens Day](https://blog.iii.ie/inside-track/topic/international-womens-day)

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*Note: At the time that this blog was written, Ruth Leggett was Deputy CEO. She has since become CEO.*

Recently, we interviewed 5 successful women within the insurance industry to find out about how they got to where they are today and what advice they can offer to other female professionals trying to enhance their career.

This is the 4th post of the series, featuring Ruth Leggett - Deputy CEO and Head of Colleague Resources Ireland at Sedgwick.

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## [A Woman's World - Aisling Hayes, AXA Insurance](https://blog.iii.ie/inside-track/a-womans-world-aisling-hayes-axa-insurance)

 04/03/20 11:00 / by [The Insurance Institute](https://blog.iii.ie/inside-track/author/the-insurance-institute) posted in [career](https://blog.iii.ie/inside-track/topic/career), [International Womens Day](https://blog.iii.ie/inside-track/topic/international-womens-day)

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Welcome to part 3 of our 5 part series! This series, tying in with International Womens Day, focuses on 5 successful women in the insurance industry.

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## [A Woman's World - Mary-Jane Halpin, Cornmarket](https://blog.iii.ie/inside-track/a-womans-world-mary-jane-halpin-cornmarket)

 03/03/20 11:00 / by [The Insurance Institute](https://blog.iii.ie/inside-track/author/the-insurance-institute) posted in [Careers](https://blog.iii.ie/inside-track/topic/careers), [Women in Insurance](https://blog.iii.ie/inside-track/topic/women-in-insurance), [International Womens Day](https://blog.iii.ie/inside-track/topic/international-womens-day)

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The second part of our 5 part blog series focuses on Mary-Jane Halpin – Director of HR and Business Change at Cornmarket.

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## [A Woman's World - Ursula Murphy, Allianz](https://blog.iii.ie/inside-track/a-womans-world-ursula-murphy-allianz)

 02/03/20 11:15 / by [The Insurance Institute](https://blog.iii.ie/inside-track/author/the-insurance-institute) posted in [Women in Insurance](https://blog.iii.ie/inside-track/topic/women-in-insurance), [Insurance](https://blog.iii.ie/inside-track/topic/insurance), [International Womens Day](https://blog.iii.ie/inside-track/topic/international-womens-day)

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Each March, we celebrate International Women’s day. This year, we wanted to mark the occasion with a blog series looking at the extraordinary careers of women within the Insurance Industry. Our editor teamed up with Natalie Drenovac, host of The Modern Women podcast to chat all things careers with our 5 ladies whose backgrounds range from various disciplines including Marketing, HR and C Suite.

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