{"id":36265,"date":"2017-03-07T16:10:30","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T05:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=36265"},"modified":"2017-03-07T16:11:16","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T05:11:16","slug":"underinsurance-poll-overcoming-apathy-the-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2017\/03\/07\/underinsurance-poll-overcoming-apathy-the-key\/","title":{"rendered":"Underinsurance Poll – Overcoming Apathy the Key"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Is consumer apathy a greater challenge than low levels of trust when it comes to addressing Australia's underinsurance dilemma?<\/strong><\/div>
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  • Yes (84%)<\/small>
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  • No (9%)<\/small>
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  • Not sure (7%)<\/small>
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    In a not-so-surprising outcome to our latest poll, advisers have delivered a clear verdict that consumer apathy trumps the ‘trust’ issue when it comes to solving the Australian underinsurance dilemma.<\/p>\n

    A resounding 82% of those who have voted in this poll agreed with the suggestion that apathy represents a greater challenge than trust (in the adviser and the sector) when addressing the challenge of underinsurance. 10% of those taking our poll voted ‘no’ to the question, which is only slightly more than the 8% of undecideds.<\/p>\n

    One detailed and one concise adviser comment seem to contain the grains of thought held by many:<\/p>\n

    It will never happen to me…<\/h6>\n

    The detailed comment, made by adviser Brian Howard, includes reference to how no logic or argument about the value of life insurance will hold sway unless a consumer has recently had a wake-up call about a friend or family member who has been impacted physically and\/or financially or is someone who has always intrinsically believed in insurance.<\/p>\n

    The other comment also encapsulates an attitude that, while not unique to Australians, seems to be held by a greater proportion of our population:\u00a0“It will never happen to me.”<\/p>\n

    Is this your view? If so, what should be done about breaking through this seemingly impenetrable barrier? Or do you hold what would be a minority view in this poll, that the issue of trust in the adviser and the industry is more important and should be addressed first?<\/p>\n

    Our poll remains open for another week and we’d love to know what you think…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In a not-so-surprising outcome to our latest poll, advisers have delivered a clear verdict that consumer apathy trumps the ‘trust’ issue when it comes to solving the Australian underinsurance dilemma.<\/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-36265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-general","category-polls"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36265","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=36265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36265\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}