By how much would your practices' risk advice revenue be impacted if accountants were banned from receiving payments for referring their insurance clients to you?
- It won't have any impact (25%)
- More than 50% (23%)
- 10% - 30% (21%)
- Less than 10% (18%)
- 31% - 50% (13%)
- Not sure (0%)
Start Date: September 5, 2012 @ 9:31 am
End Date: September 19, 2012 @ 12:42 am
End Date: September 19, 2012 @ 12:42 am
In addressing the issue of churning, which of the following initiatives would you support? (Select one or more)
- Black-list serial churners (28%)
- Offer ‘quality’ incentives to advisers for maintaining low lapse ratios (17%)
- Remove takeover terms on replacement policies (16%)
- Offer more attractive remuneration to advisers for upgrading existing policies (14%)
- Ban upfront commissions on replacement policies (7%)
- Ban upfront commissions on all business but allow hybrid/level commissions (6%)
- Introduce an industry wide two-year responsibility period (5%)
- Nothing needs to be done (3%)
- Ban upfront/hybrid commissions on all business but allow level commissions (2%)
- Ban all risk commissions (1%)
Start Date: August 14, 2012 @ 7:56 pm
End Date: September 5, 2012 @ 9:30 am
End Date: September 5, 2012 @ 9:30 am
In addressing the issue of churning, which of the following initiatives would you support (select one or more)?
- Black-list serial churners (34%)
- Remove takeover terms on replacement policies (12%)
- Offer ‘quality’ incentives to advisers for maintaining low lapse ratios (11%)
- Ban upfront commissions on replacement policies (11%)
- Offer more attractive remuneration to advisers for upgrading existing policies (11%)
- Nothing needs to be done (9%)
- Ban upfront commissions on all business but allow hybrid/level commissions (9%)
- Introduce an industry wide two-year responsibility period (5%)
- Ban upfront/hybrid commissions on all business but allow level commissions (1%)
- Ban all risk commissions (0%)
Start Date: August 8, 2012 @ 11:41 am
End Date: August 14, 2012 @ 7:48 pm
End Date: August 14, 2012 @ 7:48 pm
Has the use of social media increased the profitability of your advice practice?
- No (50%)
- Not sure yet (25%)
- Yes (25%)
Start Date: August 1, 2012 @ 11:27 am
End Date: August 8, 2012 @ 11:41 am
End Date: August 8, 2012 @ 11:41 am
Are you concerned that increasing direct insurance sales will have an adverse impact on the future growth and profitability of your advice practice?
- Yes (47%)
- No (43%)
- Not sure (10%)
Start Date: July 18, 2012 @ 11:33 am
End Date: August 1, 2012 @ 11:27 am
End Date: August 1, 2012 @ 11:27 am