{"id":142,"date":"2008-12-16T16:32:31","date_gmt":"2008-12-16T06:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=142"},"modified":"2009-04-03T07:41:45","modified_gmt":"2009-04-02T21:41:45","slug":"latest-poll-2009-where-do-you-most-need-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2008\/12\/16\/latest-poll-2009-where-do-you-most-need-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Poll: 2009 &#8211; Where Do Advisers Most Need Support?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/polls\/2009-where-do-you-need-the-most-support\/\" target=\"_self\">Vote Now!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you dust off the debris of 2008 and look ahead to next year, where do you most need support?\u00a0 What is the\u00a0most important\u00a0item\u00a0that Santa can pull from his big bag of goodies that will help you to maintain and build the value of your business in the year ahead?<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Is it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Access to more support staff resources &#8211; to enable more productive time in the field<\/li>\n<li>More support from the life company business development managers<\/li>\n<li>Better access to underwriters &#8211; and better understanding of their decisions<\/li>\n<li>More efficient technology and business support systems &#8211; to optimise back office efficiency and ensure a smooth customer experience, esp underwriting processes<\/li>\n<li>Simpler\u00a0life insurance products &#8211; to provide more options at point of sale<\/li>\n<li>More &#8216;needs based&#8217; insurance solutions &#8211; to better cater to\u00a0clients&#8217; individual circumstances<\/li>\n<li>More\u00a0&#8216;soft skills&#8217; sales training &#8211; to enhance your current skills set<\/li>\n<li>High profile industry awareness media campaign &#8211;\u00a0that will underpin and support your endeavours as you develop new client opportunities<\/li>\n<li>More help with compliance needs and requirements<\/li>\n<li>Better access to\u00a0technical services &#8211; eg product comparisions, hotlines, taxation information and legislative changes<\/li>\n<li>Bonus payments that recognise low lapse rates and\/or extended policy retention<\/li>\n<li>More commission<\/li>\n<li>Ability to transfer books of business from one company to another without underwriting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While\u00a0many of these factors may hold importance for you, vote for the\u00a0option that is the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">most important<\/span> to the\u00a0growth of\u00a0your business in 2009, above all others.<\/p>\n<p>You will be sending a message to dealer group and life company decision-makers about what is important to YOU.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/polls\/2009-where-do-you-need-the-most-support\/\" target=\"_self\">Vote Now!<\/a>\u00a0 We&#8217;ll report back to you in the New Year.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vote Now! As you dust off the debris of 2008 and look ahead to next year, where do you most need support?\u00a0 What is the\u00a0most important\u00a0item\u00a0that Santa can pull from his big bag of goodies that will help you to maintain and build the value of your business in the year ahead?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3,49,4,5,7,230],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-dealer-groups","category-general","category-polls","category-products","category-services","category-technology","category-underwriting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142","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=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}