{"id":63515,"date":"2022-11-22T10:40:57","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T00:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=63515"},"modified":"2024-10-30T08:43:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T22:43:09","slug":"clearview-bolsters-underwriting-capability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2022\/11\/22\/clearview-bolsters-underwriting-capability\/","title":{"rendered":"ClearView Bolsters Underwriting Capability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Experienced senior underwriters, <strong>Sheldon Hatzantonis<\/strong> and <strong>Daniel Yianakis<\/strong>, have joined\u00a0 ClearView Wealth as Principal Underwriters.<\/p>\n<p>Based in Sydney, Hatzantonis was previously NSW State Underwriting Manager at BT Financial Group and Victorian State Underwriting Manager at Asteron Life.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Yianakis, who is based in Melbourne, joins ClearView from BT Financial Group, where he held a variety of underwriting roles including Regional Underwriting Manager. Prior to BT, Yianakis also worked as an underwriter at Asteron Life and OnePath.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_63528\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63528\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2022\/11\/DSC02696_Sheldon-Hatzantonis-scaled-e1669076575245.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-63528\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2022\/11\/DSC02696_Sheldon-Hatzantonis-scaled-e1669076575245-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2022\/11\/DSC02696_Sheldon-Hatzantonis-scaled-e1669076575245-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2022\/11\/DSC02696_Sheldon-Hatzantonis-scaled-e1669076575245-349x420.jpg 349w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2022\/11\/DSC02696_Sheldon-Hatzantonis-scaled-e1669076575245.jpg 697w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-63528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sheldon Hatzantonis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Both underwriters report to ClearView Chief Underwriter <strong>Warren Page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from the insurer says it has also bolstered its tele-underwriting team with the appointment of <strong>Karen James<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>James, previously an administration officer at Mater Health Services, is based in Brisbane and reports to ClearView Technical Underwriting Manager <strong>Nikki Ashley<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_63529\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63529\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2022\/11\/Dan-Yianakis-e1669076737261.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-63529\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2022\/11\/Dan-Yianakis-e1669076737261-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2022\/11\/Dan-Yianakis-e1669076737261-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2022\/11\/Dan-Yianakis-e1669076737261-696x835.jpg 696w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2022\/11\/Dan-Yianakis-e1669076737261-350x420.jpg 350w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2022\/11\/Dan-Yianakis-e1669076737261.jpg 722w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-63529\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Yianakis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Page says that ClearView continues to build its underwriting team and capability, as demand for the group\u2019s flagship life insurance product series, ClearView ClearChoice, grows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the years, ClearView\u2019s distribution and underwriting teams have developed a reputation for being knowledgeable, accessible and helpful, which is a key strength of our offer,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Demand for tele-underwriting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Page added that demand for speedy tele-underwriting had also increased, with tele-underwriting currently representing around 30% of all underwriting applications.<\/p>\n<p>He says advisers like the ability to outsource the completion of personal statements to the company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can gather medical information and seek personal disclosures, freeing them to spend more time in front of clients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kathryn Williamson,<\/strong> ClearView Head of Distribution Strategy, says the group continues to build its capability in underwriting and distribution to meet strong adviser support for ClearView ClearChoice.<\/p>\n<p>She says that the company has invested significantly in technology, processes and people over the past few years \u201c\u2026as part of our transformation journey. Our new policy administration system and new underwriting rules engine will underpin future growth.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experienced senior underwriters, Sheldon Hatzantonis and Daniel Yianakis, have joined\u00a0 ClearView Wealth as Principal Underwriters. Based in Sydney, Hatzantonis was previously NSW State Underwriting Manager at BT Financial Group and Victorian State Underwriting Manager at Asteron Life. Meanwhile Yianakis, who is based in Melbourne, joins ClearView from BT Financial Group, where he held a variety [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":63526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[249,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-appointments","category-company-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63515","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=63515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}