{"id":81125,"date":"2026-02-17T09:43:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T22:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=81125"},"modified":"2026-02-20T10:52:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T23:52:50","slug":"tal-risk-academy-unveils-2026-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2026\/02\/17\/tal-risk-academy-unveils-2026-program\/","title":{"rendered":"TAL Risk Academy Unveils 2026 Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Details of the <a href=\"https:\/\/adviser.tal.com.au\/risk-academy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TAL Risk Academy\u2019s 2026<\/a> program featuring more than 75 courses have been released.<\/p>\n<p>New this year is the client experience stream, designed for advisers, paraplanners and support staff, with practical tools, guidance and strategies for meeting clients\u2019 insurance needs.<\/p>\n<p><b>Jason Bamford<\/b>, TAL Risk Academy National Manager, said: \u201cThis year\u2019s program reflects adviser feedback and the practical needs of advice businesses from administrative staff to those navigating the professional year.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We\u2019ve built content that supports day-to-day confidence&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019ve built content that supports day-to-day confidence \u2013 from insurance fundamentals and technical deep dives, through to client experience, technology, ethics, tax, and cyber.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith a mix of masterclasses, workshops, webinars and on-demand learning, advisers can go deep where they need to, or dip in when time allows. It\u2019s flexible, practical and designed to fit how advice businesses really operate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 program spans six streams:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65490\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65490\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-65490\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2023\/04\/Jason-Bamford-scaled-e1713826018951.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2023\/04\/Jason-Bamford-scaled-e1713826018951.jpeg 883w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2023\/04\/Jason-Bamford-scaled-e1713826018951-246x300.jpeg 246w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2023\/04\/Jason-Bamford-scaled-e1713826018951-841x1024.jpeg 841w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2023\/04\/Jason-Bamford-scaled-e1713826018951-768x935.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2023\/04\/Jason-Bamford-scaled-e1713826018951-696x847.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2023\/04\/Jason-Bamford-scaled-e1713826018951-345x420.jpeg 345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jason Bamford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Foundations<\/li>\n<li>Professional Year<\/li>\n<li>Advice<\/li>\n<li>Business Management<\/li>\n<li>Working with TAL<\/li>\n<li>Client Experience stream<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Highlights of the first half of the 2026 calendar include three dedicated focus months:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>March \u2013 AI: Refreshing advisers\u2019 approach to technology with business tools and practical ways to use AI technology<\/li>\n<li>May \u2013 Ethics: Returning with new case studies and practical guidance<\/li>\n<li>June \u2013 Tax: Supporting tax (financial) advice CPD requirements through insurance-focused learning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The majority of TAL Risk Academy courses are free, with proceeds from paid masterclasses donated to the Australian Business Community Network that supports educational opportunities for young Australians.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, download the <a href=\"https:\/\/adviser.tal.com.au\/risk-academy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2026 Course Guide<\/a> or advisers can contact their TAL BDM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Details of the TAL Risk Academy\u2019s 2026 program featuring more than 75 courses have been released. New this year is the client experience stream, designed for advisers, paraplanners and support staff, with practical tools, guidance and strategies for meeting clients\u2019 insurance needs. Jason Bamford, TAL Risk Academy National Manager, said: \u201cThis year\u2019s program reflects adviser [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":81131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,241,6994,248],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-company-news","category-conferences-and-events","category-education","category-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81125","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=81125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}