Share Your Story

Your story matters. Your experiences and feelings are valid and powerful. By sharing your story, you are helping to amplify our voices and create a more influential and undeniable call to action.

Your Story Matters Because:

  • The more stories we hear, the more we start to understand the scope of the cultural impact.
  • Someone has a story just like yours and does not know that they are not alone.
  • There is healing in sharing.
  • We can paint a more accurate picture that allows us all to take action.
  • Most people do not intend to cause harm, help us all know what is harmful so we can make changes as an industry.

How It Works:

  • Tell us your experience, both good and bad. We want to collect it all.
  • IE will ask for your contact information if verification is ever needed. You will also have the option to publicize your story.
  • Your story will be stored in IE's secure database and used anonymously for data collection and research purposes.
  • If you opt to publicize your story, it will be anonymously shared on insureequality.org, IE's social media platforms, marketing collateral, and any other medias deemed appropriate.
  • If you at anytime want to remove your story from public view, please contact story@insureequality.org and we will do our best to accommodate (if a printed material has been distributed we will remove the story in all future releases as an example).

Change Starts Here

    Quotes from Shared Stories

    Anonyous Contributor

    ...They brought me in for questioning. I told my story and they asked “what did you do to make him think he could have sex with you?”
    I couldn’t believe it. I was speechless...

    Anonymous Contributor

    ...I was stunned and scared. In that moment, I felt like I had to “be one of the boys“ and participate in the moment to survive this horribly inappropriate conversation. My self-preservation instinct kicked in, and the only thing I could think about was getting out without embarrassing anyone, causing a commotion, or ruffling any feathers...

    Anonymous Contributor

    ...I was repeatedly bullied and when I addressed it with HR I was told that it negatively impacted my future with the company...      ...Honestly, this whole experience affected my confidence in my abilities...

    Anonymous Contributor

    ...It took a couple weeks for the HR department to build their case against him. He was terminated and I was extremely relieved. I am grateful for how my company handled this incident...

    Anonymous Contributor

    ...I was a new producer to the industry and my mentor was an older man. I always felt there was something “off” about him but I ignored my gut. One trip, traveling out of state, he offered to share his hotel room key with me and asked me to join him and I was immediately disgusted. Not only was he married and I knew his wife, but now I second guessed everything in his “mentorship” and was he only helping me for this reason?...

    Anonymous Contributor

    ...It got to the point that I spent more time avoiding him than I focused on work. His presence made it hard to think or move...

    Anonymous Contributor
    Anonymous Contributor

    ...Every time they interacted with a woman they immediately sexualized her afterwards. It was hard to be around them. What did they say when I wasn't there?...

    Anonymous Contributor
    Anonymous Contributor

    ...The case was dropped and he was promoted. I knew I was not the only one he did this to, but no one else came forward...

    Anonymous Contributor
    Anonymous Contributor

    ...The HR person was absolutely wonderful. She reassured me that she has heard it all before, and that I should not be embarrassed...

    Anonymous Contributor
    Anonymous Contributor

    ...They employed various "bullying" techniques to get me to quit to avoid paying out a severance package...

    Anonymous Contributor
    Anonymous Contributor

    ...HR advised my only option was to confront him and tell him his actions were not reciprocated and to not speak to me that way again. He told me I overreacted and it was a joke but he wouldn’t say anything like that again...

    Anonymous Contributor
    Anonymous Contributor

    ...I kept thinking to myself, what am I doing wrong? Why does this keep happening? I need to change how I come across or how I behave in order for this to stop...