{"id":11912,"date":"2011-08-16T21:54:46","date_gmt":"2011-08-16T11:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=11912"},"modified":"2021-04-15T10:18:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T00:18:18","slug":"mark-oliver-named-2011-life-risk-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2011\/08\/16\/mark-oliver-named-2011-life-risk-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Oliver Named 2011 Life Risk Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australian Unity&#8217;s <strong>Mark Oliver<\/strong>\u00a0has been announced as the <a href=\"http:\/\/theriskstore.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">risk store<\/a> Life Risk Champion of the Year\u00a0for 2011.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Mr Oliver is\u00a0a practising financial adviser with over eleven years&#8217; experience and is also National Manager &#8211; Risk Insurance for Australian Unity&#8217;s Personal Financial Services dealer group.\u00a0 He has been recognised by his peers for the outstanding contribution he has made to the life insurance industry and for the services he provides to risk insurance advisers and consumers\u00a0in particular.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11934\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11934\" style=\"width: 281px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2011\/08\/oliver-mark.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11934\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2011\/08\/oliver-mark.jpg\" alt=\"2011 risk store Life Risk Champion recipient, Mark Oliver, flanked by risk store Founder, Sue Laing and MD, Peter Wincott\" width=\"281\" height=\"229\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2011 risk store Life Risk Champion recipient, Mark Oliver, flanked by risk store Founder, Sue Laing and MD, Peter Wincott<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The announcement of this year&#8217;s winner was made by risk store Founder, <strong>Sue Laing<\/strong>, at the close of business on the first day of the risk store&#8217;s 2011 Annual Life Risk Forum, being held on Hamilton Island.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Laing said\u00a0Mr Oliver was held in\u00a0high regard by many advisers around the country as well as by his colleagues and others within the industry.\u00a0 She added\u00a0that\u00a0this award was just recognition of\u00a0the significant contribution Mr Oliver has made, and continues to make,\u00a0to Australia&#8217;s life insurance community.<\/p>\n<p>Following the presentation, Mr Oliver spoke of his pride in being this year&#8217;s recipient of the Life Risk Champion accolade, and that there was nothing better he can do in his professional life than continue to pursue his vocation in the life insurance industry.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Oliver later recounted to riskinfo his own very personal experience in earlier years\u00a0where a close family member passed away.\u00a0\u00a0This same event saw Mr Oliver experience the emotion of being\u00a0a\u00a0beneficiary of\u00a0a life insurance policy, an experience that contributed\u00a0to determining his future.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Oliver is the fourth\u00a0risk store Life Risk Champion of the Year.\u00a0 Previous winners of the Award have been:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2010: <strong>Fiona Navarro<\/strong> (MLC Risk Specialist Network)<\/li>\n<li>2009: <strong>Peter Sobels<\/strong>(riskinfo)<\/li>\n<li>2008: <strong>David Mico<\/strong> (Financial Services Council, formerly IFSA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For those seeking to nominate their colleagues in 2012, the criteria on which the Life Risk Champion of the Year Award is based include:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Identified as being associated with Life Risk issues in Australia<\/li>\n<li>Having a demonstrated enthusiasm and passion for Life Risk<\/li>\n<li>Having sound knowledge of the Life Risk industry in at least one significant area<\/li>\n<li>Having the will and capacity to influence and initiate welcome or necessary change and new ideas<\/li>\n<li>Having some kind of recognisable, direct or indirect distribution influence (doesn&#8217;t necessarily need to work in distribution)<\/li>\n<li>Contributing by their actions and\/or role to the education of stakeholders, which could include:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Advisers<\/li>\n<li>Licensee principals<\/li>\n<li>Consumers<\/li>\n<li>Insurers<\/li>\n<li>Regulators<\/li>\n<li>Associations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian Unity&#8217;s Mark Oliver\u00a0has been announced as the risk store Life Risk Champion of the Year\u00a0for 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