Kathmandu. Although women employees working in the Nepali insurance sector reach the middle management level easily, their promotions are stopped when they reach the top executive level. The statistics of the Nepal Insurance Authority (NIA) regarding promotions have shown this ironic picture.
The Nepal Insurance Authority’TAG_OPEN_em_6 s study report “Insurance through a Gender Lens: A Fama Meter Assessment in Nepal” ( has exposed the policy weaknesses of the companies. According to the report, 27.8 percent of male employees in life insurance companies have been promoted to the executive level, while in the case of women, the rate is only 7.7 percent. In non-life insurance companies, 10.3 percent of men have been promoted to the executive level, while not a single woman has been promoted. Similarly, in the short life insurance company, 5.9 percent of men have been promoted to the executive level, while 5.3 percent of men have been promoted to the female level.
At the lower and middle (managerial) level, the promotion rate of women is at par with or slightly higher than that of men. In life insurance, 20. 5 percent of women and 21.8 percent of men have been promoted to manager level. In micro life insurance, 22.2 percent of women and 13.6 percent of men have been promoted. In the overall staff, 13 percent of non-life insurance has been promoted. 4 percent of women and 11.6 percent of men have been promoted.
This data shows that even though women have been promoted to the middle level, the door to the upper executive level is still difficult for them. The authority has directed companies to closely monitor the number of promotions and provide equal opportunities and environment for women to reach the leadership level.
