{"id":25900,"date":"2014-04-15T17:13:52","date_gmt":"2014-04-15T07:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=25900"},"modified":"2025-09-02T11:34:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T01:34:39","slug":"client-disclosure-warnings-in-the-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2014\/04\/15\/client-disclosure-warnings-in-the-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Client Disclosure Warnings in the Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"polls-118\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t\t<div class=\"pollHeader\"><strong>Do you intend to review the disclosure warnings you give your clients at policy application time?<\/strong><\/div><div id=\"polls-118-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li>Yes <small>(75%)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 75%\" title=\"Yes (75% | 152 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>No <small>(15%)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 15%\" title=\"No (15% | 31 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>Not sure <small>(10%)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 10%\" title=\"Not sure (10% | 20 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_118_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"7176a3c43b\" \/>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Our latest poll is asking whether you will be reviewing your client advice processes, given the outcome of a recent court case.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Last week, we reported on a court ruling that held an adviser jointly responsible for the denial of a life insurance claim due to non-disclosure.\u00a0 The adviser was found not to have adequately followed up on his client&#8217;s medical condition prior to cancelling a life insurance policy in favour of a new contract (see: <a href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2014\/04\/08\/court-verdict-issues-sober-warning-to-advisers-on-disclosure\/\">Court Verdict Sends Warning to Advisers on Disclosure<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>There are multiple issues that stem from this case and the decision made by the judge &#8211; a decision that may re-shape the processes and procedures of advice practices across the country, particularly with regard to when and how an adviser counsels his\/her client about disclosure and non-disclosure.<\/p>\n<p>Many advisers and other industry contributors will determine their own view of the merits of the judges&#8217; ruling in this important case, one that all advisers should read, and we will report these conversations with you in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, we are keen to know whether the outcome of this case will give you pause to review your own practices, processes and procedures when it comes to warning your clients about their duty to disclose all relevant medical details at policy application.\u00a0 What are your own views?\u00a0 And if you don&#8217;t hold your own AFSL, what is your licensee&#8217;s position following this court decision?\u00a0 Do you agree?\u00a0 Tell us what you think&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2014\/04\/140415-Swansson-v-Harrison.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">(Click here<\/a> to read the full judgement in the case of Swansson v Harrison &amp; Ors.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our latest poll is asking whether you will be reviewing your client advice processes, given the outcome of a recent court case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8294,8,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-claims","category-compliance-regulation","category-polls"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25900","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=25900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}