{"id":11160,"date":"2011-06-22T12:22:52","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T02:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=11160"},"modified":"2021-04-15T10:17:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T00:17:04","slug":"life-industry-reputation-damaged-by-floods-fallout-advisers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2011\/06\/22\/life-industry-reputation-damaged-by-floods-fallout-advisers\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Industry Reputation Damaged by Floods Fallout &#8211; Advisers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/polls\/life-lessons-from-queensland-floods\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1228               aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2009\/05\/vote-now.jpg\" alt=\"Vote Now!\" width=\"108\" height=\"47\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The majority of advisers believe the\u00a0publicity and confusion surrounding general insurance claims stemming from the January 2011\u00a0floods\u00a0has had a negative impact on Australia&#8217;s life insurance industry.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Responding to our question:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Has consumer perception of Australia&#8217;s life insurance industry been adversely impacted by fallout from the Queensland floods?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>57% of respondents agree with this question.\u00a0\u00a0The remaining 43% of advisers either disagree\u00a0or are not sure, meaning opinion is divided.<\/p>\n<p>While the main focus for many advisers\u00a0is centred on\u00a0maintaining and growing their practice and\/or the end of financial year rush, the ongoing issues associated with the\u00a0public perception of the life insurance industry remain.<\/p>\n<p>This less than favourable perception relates not just to &#8216;insurance advisers&#8217; but includes a perception by the public\u00a0(if mainstream media opinion reflects the public mood)\u00a0that life insurance companies, or at least the more broadly-termed\u00a0&#8216;insurance companies&#8217; are not on the side of those who need their help.\u00a0\u00a0This perception appears to have been reinforced by the fallout from the January floods.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing and correcting this perception is a challenge for all sectors of the life insurance industry.<\/p>\n<p>Our poll remains\u00a0open and we welcome your opinions about this issue and what it will take to improve the public perception of the value of the\u00a0life insurance industry in Australia&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/polls\/life-lessons-from-queensland-floods\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1228               aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2009\/05\/vote-now.jpg\" alt=\"Vote Now!\" width=\"108\" height=\"47\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The majority of advisers believe the\u00a0publicity and confusion surrounding general insurance claims stemming from the January 2011\u00a0floods\u00a0has had a negative impact on Australia&#8217;s life insurance industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-general","category-polls"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11160\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}