{"id":76745,"date":"2025-04-08T11:29:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T00:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=76745"},"modified":"2025-04-09T12:16:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T01:16:24","slug":"life-insurance-growth-mixed-signals-emerge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2025\/04\/08\/life-insurance-growth-mixed-signals-emerge\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixed Signals on Life Insurance Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"polls-342\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t\t<div class=\"pollHeader\"><strong>I can see signs in my own business that the life insurance industry is growing again for the first time in many years.<\/strong><\/div><div id=\"polls-342-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li>Disagree <small>(60%)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 60%\" title=\"Disagree (60% | 49 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>Agree <small>(23%)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 23%\" title=\"Agree (23% | 19 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>Not sure <small>(17%)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 17%\" title=\"Not sure (17% | 14 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_342_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"6b934e31c9\" \/>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Despite optimistic reports from last month\u2019s Riskinfocus 25 Risk Advice CPD events suggesting a revival in Australia\u2019s life insurance industry, our latest poll reveals a disconnect with many advisers\u2019 experiences.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The events, held nationwide, highlighted a sector rebound after years of stagnation, with TAL\u2019s Chief Executive of Individual Life, <strong>Gavin Teichner<\/strong>, citing an 8.3% rise in new business and $316m in new business sales written last year (see: <a style=\"text-decoration-line: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2025\/03\/25\/positive-signs-for-risk-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Positive Signs for Risk Advice<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He attributed the growth to increased adviser participation and stronger licensee support, painting a positive picture for the industry.<\/p>\n<p>However, the results to date in our poll asking whether that growth has been reflected in your own business tells a different story.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> So far, two in three advisers (<\/span>67%) disagree with the statement, with 18% agreeing and 15% unsure.<\/p>\n<p>This suggests that while industry-wide data may reflect growth, many advisers aren\u2019t feeling the uptick in their own practices. Does this apply to you?<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s still time for you to tell us what you think, as our poll remains open for another week&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite optimistic reports from last month\u2019s Riskinfocus 25 Risk Advice CPD events suggesting a revival in Australia\u2019s life insurance industry, our latest poll reveals a disconnect with many advisers\u2019 experiences.\u00a0 The events, held nationwide, highlighted a sector rebound after years of stagnation, with TAL\u2019s Chief Executive of Individual Life, Gavin Teichner, citing an 8.3% rise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":76749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-polls"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76745","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\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}