{"id":54883,"date":"2021-03-30T09:54:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T23:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=54883"},"modified":"2021-04-06T14:54:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T04:54:39","slug":"key-clearview-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2021\/03\/30\/key-clearview-appointment\/","title":{"rendered":"Key ClearView Appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clearview.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ClearView Wealth<\/a> has appointed <strong>Nick Kulikov<\/strong> to the newly created position of Head of Product and Pricing.<\/p>\n<p>The insurer says in a statement that in his new role, he is responsible for ClearView\u2019s current LifeSolutions product &#8220;&#8230;and the development of the group\u2019s new life insurance solution, which will be launched in the second half of the year&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Kulikov was formerly RGA Australia&#8217;s Chief Risk Officer and Head of Research.<\/p>\n<p>He reports to General Manager, Life Insurance, <strong>Gerard Kerr<\/strong>, who says that this is a critical time for the life insurance industry with major regulatory changes set to come into effect later this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is also an important year for ClearView with key transformation projects underway including a new policy administration system, underwriting rules engine and adviser portal,\u201d Kerr says.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54887\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54887\" style=\"width: 152px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2021\/03\/Nick-Kulikov-headshot-round2-002-1-e1617057332287.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-54887\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2021\/03\/Nick-Kulikov-headshot-round2-002-1-e1617057332287-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2021\/03\/Nick-Kulikov-headshot-round2-002-1-e1617057332287-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2021\/03\/Nick-Kulikov-headshot-round2-002-1-e1617057332287.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nick Kulikov.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In his previous role, Kulikov drove RGA Australia\u2019s risk management agenda, managed regulator relationships and conducted detailed analysis of portfolio experience including the individual disability income protection (IDII) portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>He also previously held senior roles at ANZ \/ ING Australia including Chief Actuary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven my background and experience, I can bring the perspectives of risk management, product structure and pricing approaches to product management,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe life insurance industry\u2019s deteriorating performance over the past few years, due mainly to IDII but not exclusively, has forced insurers to review their products and pricing with a greater focus on sustainability. This renewed focus is good for long-term customer outcomes and, in turn, the industry\u2019s viability,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ClearView Wealth has appointed Nick Kulikov to the newly created position of Head of Product and Pricing. The insurer says in a statement that in his new role, he is responsible for ClearView\u2019s current LifeSolutions product &#8220;&#8230;and the development of the group\u2019s new life insurance solution, which will be launched in the second half of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":54895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[249,48],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-54883","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-appointments","8":"category-company-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54883","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\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}