Jasleen Kohli Wins Woman Leader of the Year at 30th Asia Insurance Industry Awards

Jasleen Kohli, Managing Director and CEO of Go Digit General Insurance, won Woman Leader of the Year at the 30th Asia Insurance Industry Awards (AIIA) 2026 in Singapore. Digit announced the award on 5 November 2026, the Press Trust of India reports. It is Kohli's second consecutive win in this category, she also won at the 29th AIIA in 2025, and her third straight year as a finalist (2024, 2025, 2026), per Mint.

About the award

Asia Insurance Review, which runs the AIIA, received close to 185 entries across 16 categories this year and gave out 16 trophies to 14 regional winners; KPMG independently audited the judging. Digit was the only Indian insurer shortlisted in the company categories, the Press Trust of India reports, and placed among the top three regional finalists in two of them, Digital Insurer of the Year and Technology & AI Initiative of the Year, per The Wire.

The jury citation, Asia Insurance Review reports, credited Kohli with taking Digit from an early-stage insurtech start-up to one of India's youngest publicly listed general insurers, with technology and real-time data built directly into pricing, policy terms and claims turnaround.

The numbers behind the award

Business Standard reports Digit crossed Rs 10,000 crore in Gross Written Premium in FY2025-26, and has served more than 8.4 crore policyholders since it started. Kohli was also named Global Fintech Person of the Year (Female) at the Global Fintech Awards 2026 in Mumbai, in September.

In a statement carried by the Press Trust of India, Kohli said: "It is a great honour to receive this recognition. Leading Digit has been one of the most fulfilling journeys, made meaningful by the people who are part of it. Leadership is as much about creating opportunities for others to grow and succeed as it is about taking an organisation forward. This recognition reflects the collective passion and commitment of the teams at Digit, who continue to inspire us to aim higher."

What this signals for insurance careers

Digit's recognition tracks a broader shift in Indian general insurance, away from paper-based, agent-led processes and towards full-stack, tech-first operations. That changes what insurers hire for: real-time data analytics for pricing motor, health and commercial risk; AI and machine learning built into underwriting, not bolted on afterwards; product teams working with legal, compliance and user-experience together to keep policies simple; and claims teams shifting from routine processing to exception-handling and fraud detection, as straightforward claims get settled by automated checks.

For a candidate in insurance operations, that means purely manual, administrative roles are shrinking, while roles that combine actuarial or underwriting knowledge with data skills are paying more and moving faster.

Finploy's own experience placing BFSI talent backs up a point worth adding here: in premium, specialist lines like investment banking, wealth management, broking and NRI relationship roles, strong communication skill paired with real technical depth is what candidates are short on, not qualifications on paper. Hands-on, practical training is usually the missing piece, more than another certificate. As insurers like Digit push underwriting and claims further into data and AI, this gap is moving from the wealth-management side of BFSI into general insurance as well.

Where insurance and BFSI hiring stands today

Finploy's own job data for 7 November 2026 counts 44,990 open positions across Indian banks, NBFCs and insurance companies.

Mumbai leads by a wide margin, driven by the concentration of corporate headquarters, regulatory bodies, major private banks and established insurance underwriters there. Technology-heavy locations such as Bengaluru, Pune, Chennai and Hyderabad also carry substantial hiring volumes, particularly for data engineering, digital distribution and automated underwriting roles.

For insurance professionals building a career here

1. Build real technical fluency: enough to query data, understand risk models and follow a digital underwriting workflow, not just manage people who do.
2. Get comfortable with scale and execution: embedded insurance, bank-assurance APIs and digital partnerships are how insurers add volume once they cross a GWP milestone like Rs 10,000 crore.
3. Track governance standards as insurers list publicly: independent audits (Digit's own judging was KPMG-audited) and ESG reporting are becoming core senior-management work, not a compliance afterthought.

Frequently asked questions

What award did Jasleen Kohli win at the 30th Asia Insurance Industry Awards?

Jasleen Kohli, MD and CEO of Go Digit General Insurance, won the Woman Leader of the Year title at the 30th Asia Insurance Industry Awards 2026 in Singapore.

What major financial milestone has Go Digit General Insurance reached?

Under Jasleen Kohli's leadership, Go Digit General Insurance crossed ₹10,000 crore in Gross Written Premium (GWP) in FY 2025–26 and has served over 8.4 crore customers since inception.

Which Indian cities have the highest number of open BFSI job listings according to Finploy data?

According to Finploy data from November 2026, Mumbai leads with 11,225 open roles, followed by Bengaluru with 1,161 roles and Pune with 1,120 roles.