{"id":83778,"date":"2026-08-31T13:05:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T03:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=83778"},"modified":"2026-09-01T09:39:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T23:39:24","slug":"iextend-wins-innovation-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2026\/08\/31\/iextend-wins-innovation-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"iExtend Wins Innovation Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>iExtend has been named Winner \u2013 Innovation of the Year \u2013 Life Insurance, in the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wemoney.com.au\/wemoney-innovation-awards-2026-winners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WeMoney Innovation Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60000\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60000\" style=\"width: 152px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2022\/03\/David-Sarkis-e1647310096972.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-60000\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2022\/03\/David-Sarkis-e1647310096972-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2022\/03\/David-Sarkis-e1647310096972-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2022\/03\/David-Sarkis-e1647310096972-349x420.jpg 349w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2022\/03\/David-Sarkis-e1647310096972.jpg 354w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60000\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Sarkis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>iExtend CEO <strong>David Sarkis<\/strong> says the award, iExtend\u2019s second in a month, recognises the business as a leader in life insurance innovation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe WeMoney award reflects our ongoing commitment to advocating for the consumer and developing practical innovations that respond to the changing life insurance needs of everyday Australians,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Launched to market in 2022, iExtend notes it introduced a new option for eligible policy owners who have decided to cancel or reduce their life insurance cover due to rising premiums. Through its Life Co-Ownership Arrangement, iExtend pays ongoing premiums on the cover and the policy owner\u2019s beneficiaries share in the proceeds of any future claims.<\/p>\n<p>Sarkis said iExtend\u2019s innovation was the result of challenging long-held assumptions, rethinking established life insurance models and finding another way to deliver value for consumers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInnovation requires a willingness to question established thinking and consider whether there might be a better way. For us, the measure of meaningful innovation is the difference it makes for consumers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The WeMoney award follows iExtend being named Innovator of the Year \u2013 Insurance at the 2026 Australian Wealth Management Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>iExtend has been named Winner \u2013 Innovation of the Year \u2013 Life Insurance, in the 2026 WeMoney Innovation Awards. iExtend CEO David Sarkis says the award, iExtend\u2019s second in a month, recognises the business as a leader in life insurance innovation. \u201cThe WeMoney award reflects our ongoing commitment to advocating for the consumer and developing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":83780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83778","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=83778"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83782,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83778\/revisions\/83782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}