Thank you.
I certainly would second just about everything Tracy said. Along the way there's a lot of hard work and a lot of trade-offs.
It sounds as though we have both had the benefit of working for some good organizations that are important to women. Women like to marry their careers with something that has an extended purpose, if you will. Certainly insurance is a great career path for women. About 40% of the executive talent in Canada across companies in the insurance sector is female. It's a matter of feeling part of a community, and I sense that with Coast as well.
The challenges are still there, quite frankly. I am often astonished and somewhat disappointed to be one of two or three women in a room attending any level of industry meeting or trade association meeting, so I believe there are still quite a few challenges. As Tracy suggests, women are opting out early because it's just too difficult for them to run a house, support a husband's or significant other's career, and raise children.