Suncorp Insurance CEO Gary Dransfield has called on people across the industry to push for more rapid change to end the gender imbalance.

Mr Dransfield was the keynote speaker at the inaugural Women in Insurance Leadership Summit in Sydney earlier this month. He is a founding member of the Male Champions of Change insurance group, which works with business leaders to redefine men’s roles in acting on gender inequality.

“Gender equality sits with all of us, and we must work together to push for faster change,” he told the summit. “I strongly believe that we will be our best when our workforce is as diverse, talented and passionate as the communities in which we live and operate.”

He says insurers must represent the customers they serve at all levels “from call centre worker right through to the board of directors”.

The Male Champions of Change group has conducted a series of employee forums to develop a deeper level of insight into the issues that need to be tackled to end inequality.