Critical Illness Marathons Claims Stats and Platinum Plating Bureaucracy – MPAF43

Has the critical “illness race” become a marathon?

What use are great claims statistics if no one knows about them?

Why do we platinum plate compliance and other bureaucracies to the extent it strangles growth?

Having been asked to schedule some recent interviews into specific times I find myself without one to publish this week.

So it’s:

Just Me and the Mic

where I get these subjects off my chest and invite your comments and thoughts.

That’s all right here in episode 43 of the Marketing Protection and Finance Podcast.

Critical Illness Marathons Claims Stats and Platinum Plating Bureaucracy

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John Ritchie on Ellipse Auto Enrolement and Workplace Sick Pay – MPAF 38

Can individual protection providers learn from group protection providers?

Until recently many would have said no. But with individual sales down eyes are turning to innovations in group risk. Particularly digital solutions.

My guest today is Chief Executive of Ellipse, a digital group risk insurer looking to simplify processes to make employer-sponsored schemes more attractive.

Hear John talk about how we must move away from “income protection” to “workplace sick pay”.

Listen to his views on pension auto-enrolment and whether we should be looking to introduce a similar approach for protection.

And can individual protection providers learn anything from group developments?

That’s all right here in episode 38 of the Marketing Protection and Finance Podcast.

John Ritchie on Ellipse Auto Enrolement and Workplace Sick Pay

Who is John Ritchie?

John is CEO of Ellipse, a digital group risk insurer.

He’s worked in the group risk sector for over 20 years primarily as a reinsurer and insurer and now, with Ellipse where he has the chance to run a group risk insurer that makes use of available technology to deliver a high quality service at sustainably competitive pricing.

He thinks that although the Group Sector can be proud of the role it plays in providing life and disability cover to millions of people in the UK, its customers deserve better service and investment in the underlying processes is long overdue.

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Tom Conner on the Lessons from the Drewberry Protection Insurance Survey 2015 – MPAF33

In a research survey, you’d usually associate with major provider companies, Drewberry Insurance’s Protection survey lifts the lid on what consumers think of life insurance, critical illness and income protection.

Whilst the results aren’t surprising they do remind us that we must renew our efforts to push out positive messages.

Listen to Tom explain why Drewberry set up the survey, what the sample was and the headline results.

Hear about the three top reasons consumers don’t consider protection insurance. Those three primary reasons are unchanged in almost twenty years and highlight more than ever before, the need for face to face financial advice.

That’s all right here in episode 33 of the Marketing Protection and Finance Podcast.

Tom Connor MPAF33

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Who is Tom Conner?

Tom is a director at Drewberry Insurance.

He was an adviser for 5 years but now spends most of his time running the business and managing a team of 15 other advisers.

Before that he worked in the City after graduating with a master’s degree in finance from Cambridge University.

Tom believes passionately about educating the wider public about the need for protection, and income protection in particular.

Outside of work Tom can often be found at the rugby watching England or the Harlequins and has the goal of skiing on every continent of the world, having already ticked three off the list

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How to Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie.

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