Deputy General Manager in charge of member relations, Christine Mathé-Cathala has accompanied the history of mutual insurance for nearly 37 years. Within the marketing department and then the general management, “she embodied the incessant quest for excellence, the taste for audacity and concern for others”, underlines Maif.
First woman to join the general management of Maif
Pascal Demurger, general manager of the Maif group, reacted: “The disappearance of Christine Mathé-Cathala is upsetting news for all members of the Maif community and it represents a great loss for our mutual. For her colleagues, she was a reassuring point of reference, a kind look and often a friend. Her kindness and intelligence made her an exceptional woman. She was the first woman to join the general management of Maif, thus paving the way and creating a more modern, more open and more diverse governance. On behalf of the entire Maif group, it is with a heavy heart that I express my most sincere condolences and all my affection to his family, his friends and all his loved ones.”
Strong emotion
Beyond Maif, the death of Christine Mathé-Cathala caused great emotion in the world of insurance, whose reactions were notably shared on LinkedIn.
Insurance Parity and the members of its Board of Directors “wish to pay tribute to Christine Mathé-Cathala whose death they very recently learned, with great sadness. The first woman to join the general management of Maif, Christine was recognized for her great professionalism and her commitment to serving a more inclusive society respectful of diversity. Supporting talent #feminine was part of his DNA. She joined Parité Assurances in 2016. Pascal Demurger, Managing Director of Maif, paid her a moving tribute, highlighting in particular the contribution of her arrival to general management as a source of modernity, openness and diversity. We would like to express our deep support to her loved ones, parents, children and friends, as well as to all those who had the pleasure of knowing Christine in the professional world. “It’s a big name in insurance that is leaving us.”
“It is with a lot of sadness but also a lot of respect that I relay the message that we wanted to spread with the entire Board of Directors of Parité Assurances,” posted Martine Carlu-BenasichManaging Director of the Intériale Group.
Eric Dadian, president of the AFRC (French Customer Relations Association) declared: “We have just learned of the disappearance of Christine Mathé-Cathala. French Customer Relations Association-AFRC and all the members of its Board of Directors wish to pay tribute to this great Customer Relations professional. Through her commitment to serving customers and employees, she won the best awards in our sector for her Maif group. She is a great lady of Customer Relations who is leaving us, we will miss her very much, in these difficult times, our hearts go out to her family and her teams.”
