The insurance market in our state is made up of many different products designed to serve a wide range of needs for Washingtonians. If insurance is too costly, unfair, or discriminatory, it affects nearly every person living in the state.

We serve and employ all, fostering an inclusive environment that supports:

  • Gender identity or expression
  • Race
  • Sex
  • Religion
  • Age
  • Marital status
  • National origin
  • Veteran status: disabled, Vietnam-era, recently separated, or other protected veteran status
  • Disability: physical, speech, visual, auditory, cognitive, or neurological

We strive to create an environment of mutual respect, inclusion, and equal opportunity.

Promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion

A state agency that actively promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) among its workforce is both more reflective of the population it serves and better equipped to meet its needs. We’ve adopted this as a reinforcing principle of our organization. Here are some of our past DEI successes and a some of the ways we build greater diversity, equity, and inclusion every day.

Our employees built an internal DEI council

We recognize that hiring a diverse workforce and serving a diverse population aren’t enough. There’s more to it than that. We created an internal DEI council to determine better ways to steer our agency’s efforts. Our DEI council meets regularly to discuss how to turn differences into strengths, ensure the policies we promote are equitable, and learn better ways to honor all the different walks of life our employees and those we serve come from.

Our staff is well-represented in the state’s business resource groups

Many important DEI conversations happen in the state government’s business resource groups. Business resource groups are state employees who meet to network, share their ideas and discuss common interests. Our staff enthusiastically lend their voices, perspectives and experiences to groups such as:

We’re always learning more about DEI

Whether it’s training our staff how to better serve people with disabilities, updating our legal orders to be gender neutral, or thinking about how some communities may be disproportionately affected by insurance laws, we’re strengthening our agency’s diversity, equity and inclusion every day. However, despite the progress we’ve made, we also know the importance of listening and always trying to learn more.

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion is ongoing. It’s how we continually help shape Washington’s insurance market to be more equitable, accessible, and fair to all.