Risk Company Update
/TAL and Deakin partner up for adviser education
TAL and Deakin University are in partnership to provide education via TAL’s financial adviser education program to help advisers meet their new education requirements. The partnership provides access to learning resources of the TAL Risk Academy with the expertise of Deakin University’s Financial Planning facility. The ultimate outcome is a flexible and cost-effective education pathway to meet regulatory requirements from a respected university.
Advisers who complete three modules and assessment tasks via the TAL Risk Academy will be one credit closer to Deakin University’s FASEA-approved postgraduate financial planning courses. The unit of credit is available for Estate Planning and Risk Management Strategies unit (MAA700), with modules and assessments via the academy can be completed online. Deakin will also offer a 15 per cent discount for the cost of the courses and unit tuition fees for those who apply via TAL’s academy.
CountPlus merges two member firms
Unite Advisory and Bentley Brett & Vincent (BBV), member firms of CountPlus, are to merge. Veronica Bruce, BBV’s director, will join Victoria Studley and Hilary Acheson as principal and shareholder at Unite. Bruce will also become a financial adviser for Count.
MLC Life partners with Beyond Pain to get people back to work
MLC Life Insurance is partnering with pain management specialist Beyond Pain to help customers with chronic pain get back to work after an insurance claim. A fifth of all Australians lives with chronic pain, including teenagers and children, and in particular those over 65. As part of the partnership, all customers at MLC can claim access to Beyond Pain’s Pain-Assist program, an innovative pain management service.
A tailored pain coaching program is offered via telehealth to customers no matter where they live, under the guidance of a very experienced interdisciplinary pain management team. The program has been hugely successful, and so far over 50 MLC life insurance customers on an income protection claim have taken advantage of the program. Almost 75 per cent of those have achieved their recovery goals, with a return to work in 66 per cent of cases.
