Polls Archive

Is it a realistic expectation that a risk-focussed advice practice should be able to develop a sustainable business model based on a combination of advice fees and commissions?
  • No (63%)
  • Yes (31%)
  • Not sure (6%)
Start Date: September 8, 2020 @ 10:30 am
End Date: September 22, 2020 @ 1:05 pm
Are you ok to advise your clients to consider taking out a new life insurance policy offering a front loaded premium discount?
  • No (62%)
  • It depends (26%)
  • Yes (11%)
  • Not sure (1%)
Start Date: August 18, 2020 @ 8:46 am
End Date: September 8, 2020 @ 11:40 am
Would the revised Trowbridge Reform Model remuneration proposal (20% level commissions supplemented by a $2k Initial Advice Payment) sustain a viable advice practice?
  • No (73%)
  • Yes (18%)
  • Not sure (9%)
Start Date: August 2, 2020 @ 10:24 pm
End Date: April 11, 2021 @ 2:39 pm
What is the single most critical initiative you would implement to address Australia’s underinsurance dilemma?
  • Allow the cost of financial advice to be made tax deductible (28%)
  • Allow the cost of all life insurance premiums to be made tax deductible (24%)
  • I have another solution (22%)
  • Initiate public awareness campaigns to better educate adult consumers about the critical importance and value of life insurance (12%)
  • Compulsory life insurance for anyone taking out a mortgage (9%)
  • Develop and implement financial literacy programs in which every primary and/or secondary school student would have the opportunity to participate (5%)
Start Date: July 28, 2020 @ 11:53 am
End Date: September 1, 2020 @ 1:39 pm
Which of these statements most closely reflects the value of the services you have received from BDMs during the Covid-19 pandemic?
  • Service quality has fallen away (59%)
  • About the same (22%)
  • Generally better than it was before the pandemic (15%)
  • Not sure (4%)
Start Date: July 7, 2020 @ 3:17 pm
End Date: July 28, 2020 @ 12:01 pm