Pushing equity forward

March 8th invites us to celebrate milestones like our successful Gender Ambition 2025 and spotlight ERGO's programs and initiatives that highlight women, empower them, and support them step into leadership roles.

International Women's Day on March 8 is a global symbol for women's rights, gender equality, and fair chances for all. Launched by the United Nations, it reminds us that equality doesn't just happen, it's built through steady societal, political, and business efforts.

At ERGO, it's a time for us to take stock: Where are we now? What have we accomplished? And how can we, as a company, keep driving progress?

Gender Ambition 2025 achieved

Over the past five years, we have pursued a clear objective to sustainably increase the proportion of women in leadership positions across the Group. In 2026, we are pleased to confirm that Gender Ambition 2025 has been successfully met. By the end of 2025, women held 41.9 percent of management roles within the ERGO Group. This milestone shows what strategic goals, real commitment, and a supportive culture can achieve together.

Women in Leadership at ERGO

Successful women at ERGO play a central role. Through their role models, commitment, and networks, they have driven cultural change for years. They contribute significantly to our success in Germany and internationally.

For the past five years, the "Women in Leadership" initiative has provided a platform for exchange, visibility, and inspiration. Meet some of ERGO's female leaders and learn about their career paths.

Global Initiatives for equity and diversity

For International Women's Day 2026, we highlight programs from various countries that illustrate how we integrate diversity and progress into our teams, processes, and corporate culture. These examples represent numerous activities across the Group.

India: WINspiration at HDFC ERGO

WINspiration prepares women at the mid-managerial level to step into higher-order roles through mentoring, business challenges and conversations. Its signature Shark Tank finale has the participants pitch business ideas, with winning ideas sponsored by the MD & CEO and delivering strong business results. Over 130 women have experienced the journey, building a future-ready leadership pipeline. Find more infosrmation here.

Greece: Women Empowerment at ERGO Hellas

This program supports female employees by creating space for self-discovery and peer support, while fostering an inclusive culture. Through workshops and group sessions, participants reflect on career aspirations, challenge limiting beliefs and broaden their professional influence. Since mid-2024, over 40 women from various departments joined, with 100% completion showing strong enthusiasm and trust.

Spain: Women Mentoring Programme at DKV Seguros

Experienced mentors support women on their career journeys, with emphasis on personal growth, networking, and new perspectives. Over the past three cycles, more than 100 mentor‑mentee pairs have taken part. The program fosters learning, motivation, communication, and talent retention, while supporting women’s advancement into leadership roles. So far, 28 women have been promoted through this initiative. Learn more here.

Germany: Employee network women@ERGO

The women’s network women@ERGO promotes equal opportunities and increases the visibility of women within the company. It makes career paths more transparent, fosters cross-departmental networking, and actively contributes to an inclusive corporate culture. More than 633 members are part of the network, driving progress on equality and diversity at ERGO. Through regular events, internal talks, and workshops, the network provides opportunities for exchange, orientation, and development.

Munich Re: Hydrogen & Oxygen Development Programmes

At Reinsurance Hydrogen and Oxygen are core engines of Ambition 2030 because they expand the leadership pipeline in roles that shape underwriting quality portfolio steering client impact and operational excellence. Oxygen runs for about 24 months and develops experienced professionals through stretch assignments structured learning and cross regional collaboration.

DEI Ambition 2030: Advancing diversity

With Gender Ambition 2025 achieved, we are laying the foundation for our next goal: DEI Ambition 2030. Our aim is to embed diversity, equality, and inclusion even more strongly at the local level. We know that every country, market, and team faces unique challenges but also brings its own opportunities.

Sarah Boddey, Global Head of DEI at Munich Re: "This stronger local focus lets us set realistic yet ambitious goals that fit each region's needs while keeping our Group's shared values. For Munich Re and ERGO, that means we will track our progress openly, learn from each other, create synergies, and remove barriers. Because equal participation comes from conscious action and real responsibility."