Insurance & financial advice: risky business?

Caspar BartingtonThe Chartered Insurance Institute

Chris Sloan Dip CIIAllianzPaul Scarff Chartered Financial PlannerAFSL

Challenging perceptionsReassurance

• The fundamental importance of insurance• The opportunities within financial advice• The stability of both insurance and financial advice in a turbulent sector

Why are we here?

The CII is…• The world’s largest professional body for insurance…and financial services

(PFS)• 95,000 members in 150 countries

Insurance is…• Peace of mind – moving risk elsewhere• Everything and anything• £300m paid out in claims – every day

Fundamental to modern life

No insurance =

• No shipping and travel• No construction and motoring• No risk taking = no innovation

Great industry

Diverse challenges:Hurricanes, earthquakes, investments, finance, airline going out of business, piracy

Big business

And it’s big…very big• Over 320,000 employed directly + 1m• 2nd largest export• 20% of the total net worth of UK plc• 2nd largest insurance market in the world

Introduction to Commercial UnderwritingChris Sloan

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My route into insurance

University University of Strathclyde, graduating in 2007 with BA(Hons) in Marketing

Also spent exchange year at AUT University in New Zealand

Why Insurance? Scanning University’s Career website, was unsure about what path was right

for me. After reading job details of Graduate Underwriter scheme decided it was closely matched to my skills/ambitions

Researched insurance industry and Allianz – was impressed!

Solid industry with a great deal of interaction and opportunity to continue education through CII and Allianz’s Underwriting Academy

Looking to learn a ‘core skill’

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The story so far...

• First days – September 2007 Induction week with the various graduate schemes – networking opportunities Was given a mentor and ‘buddy’ for any problems Looking at existing policies, processing MTAs and renewals

• Business Development – September 2008 Dealing with new business enquiries More chance to talk to brokers on a daily basis and write policies from scratch Corporate hospitality events

• Ongoing Underwriting Academy – have completed Level 1, now studying for Level 2 I have passed 5 exams and if successful will be awarded ACII by end of 2009

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Day in the life

• 0830 Arrive in work and plan day, check emails

• 0900 Make phone calls to brokers to discuss cases allocated that day

• 1000 Work on various cases, Fleet, Motor Trade and Property & Casualty

• 1200 Attend meeting to discuss various technical and commercial developments

• 1230 Lunch

• 1330 Refer more complicated cases to Senior U/W and discuss, making my recommendation and discussing U/W factors

• 1430 Admin/Check emails

• 1500 Project work/reports/prospecting/prospecting

• 1600 Finalise quotes and discuss with brokers, may meet with them to discuss upcoming cases etc

• 1730 Finish up and do some study from home

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Allianz Insurance

• Offers 7 different graduate career paths: around 30 per year- Corporate Management Trainee

- Underwriting Management

- Claims Management

- Sales, Marketing and Business

- IT

- Finance

- Actuarial and Planning

• The second biggest insurer in the world

• Behind household names such as Cornhill Direct and Pet Plan

• Head Office is based in Guildford, reporting to Allianz in Munich

Diverse range:

•Specialist and technical roles such as claims, loss adjusting, underwriting, broking – UK and international

•General business roles such as accounting, marketing, HR and business management

Skills, training and professional development

Superb rewards – without compromising life

Opportunities

Qualifications

• CII Certificate in Insurance (A level ) • CII Diploma in Insurance (degree yr one)• CII Advanced Diploma in Insurance

(degree) – also known as ACII

• Fellowship (FCII) • Chartered status – Insurer, Insurance

Broker, Insurance Practitioner

Qualifications – subjects

Subject areas include • Broking • Underwriting• Insurance law• Risk management• Marine insurance • Reinsurance

Big names

And many more…….

www.insurancecareers.cii.co.uk

• Business explanations • Profiles• Case studies • Job descriptions • Links to employers

Financial advice is• About people, not just numbers• An ever-changing environment• An opportunity to earn significant sums• Not a 9 to 5 job – you’re in charge!• A range of roles from individual to corporate

Financial Planning&

Wealth Management

Paul E ScarffChartered Financial Planner

Presented by Paul Scarff, CFP │ February 2009

Company background

• We are a Scotland-based firm of Independent Financial Advisers, with offices in Edinburgh and

Glasgow

• We have been accredited with the prestigious ‘Chartered Financial Planners’ title. This is the

industry’s gold standard for the highest standards of professionalism

• We provide personal face-to-face investment, pension and financial planning advice. Based on this

principle we build strong, trusting and lasting relationships with our clients

• We work in partnership with over 90 Chartered Accountant firms, offering advice to their clients

Career to date

• Trainee Bank Clerk with Royal Bank of Scotland in 1986– Bank qualifications – Seven years working up to Branch Assistant Manager

• ‘Man from the Pru’ for three years– FPC qualification (previous version of Certificate in Financial Planning)– Universities’ and schools’ AVC pension schemes

• Financial Planning Manager at RBS in 1996– Three years of working with small business customers in Lanarkshire– AFPC qualification (replaced by Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Financial Planning)

• AFS as Independent Financial Adviser (IFA) since 1999– Pension and Investment Specialist– Chartered Financial Planner status– Management buyout in 2007

Changing landscape

• 25 years ago

• Insurance salesman

• Home service

• Initial commission

• Qualifications?

• No regulation

• Short-term client relationship

• Now

• Fee-based (specified or hourly rate)

• Long-term client relationship

• Recurring income generation

• Wealth management

• Career path

• Highly regulated

• Higher qualification entry level

A financial planning process

Define GoalsAgree your investment

aims & objectives

Define GoalsAgree your investment

aims & objectives

Regular ReviewsOngoing portfolio management review at agreed time intervals

Regular ReviewsOngoing portfolio management review at agreed time intervals

Risk ProfileAssess your attitude to risk

Risk ProfileAssess your attitude to risk

Tax StrategyEnsure the most tax efficient

implementation of your investment portfolio

Tax StrategyEnsure the most tax efficient

implementation of your investment portfolio

Asset AllocationDetermine the appropriate

asset allocation to meet your risk/return objectives

Asset AllocationDetermine the appropriate

asset allocation to meet your risk/return objectives

Fund SelectionPartnership with SEI & fund

selection for peripheral asset classes

Fund SelectionPartnership with SEI & fund

selection for peripheral asset classes

Typical financial planning services

• Mortgages

• Protection

– Personal

– Business

• Savings

• Investments

– ISA’s

– Collectives

– Offshore

– Specialist Products

• Wealth Management

• Trusts

– Inheritance Tax

– Charities & Non-Profit Organisations

• Saving Tax (Avoidance not Evasion!)

– VCT, EIS, Film Partnerships

– Offshore

– Product selection

• Retirement Planning

– Stakeholder and Personal Pensions

– Group Schemes

– SIPP’s

• Lifestyle Financial Planning

Typical Clients

• Self-employed business owners

• Employers

• Pre-retirement

• Post-retirement

• Will & Tax Planning

• Moving home

• Medium/long-term Investment

Great opportunities in financial advice

• Ageing sector means many retire soon (average age of IFA is over 50)

• Professional standards continue to go up

• Various Options

– Support services (Retail sector)

– Paraplanner (£15K to £35K) – many graduates start here

– Mortgage Advisers (£20k to £35K)

– Company-employed (‘Tied’) advisers (£25K to £50k)

– Independent Financial Advisers (£25K to £100k+)

• Modern business models – excellent Business Owner opportunities

Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority

Accountants Financial Services (Scotland) Ltd.

Buchanan Court, 132 Calton RoadEdinburgh, EH8 8JQ,Tel: 0131 557 0777

14 Royal Crescent, GlasgowG3 7SL, Tel: 0141 331 0800

Web: www.afsl.net

THIS PRESENTATION HAS BEEN DELIVERED BY

The values of investments can fall as well as rise and past performance is not a guide to future performance

Big businessMajor employers include

• Tenet• Sesame• Bankhall• Positive Solutions• Origen• Plus the major banks

SkillsNot just numeracy!

• Analysis• Negotiation• Written and verbal communication• Adaptability and flexibility• Relationship building

Qualifications• CII Certificate in Financial Planning – key • CII Diploma in Financial Planning – RDR• CII Advanced Diploma in Financial Planning

• Fellowship – FPFS• Chartered Financial Planner

Qualifications – subjects

Subject areas include • Retirement planning • Trusts• Financial planning• Mortgages• Personal tax • Investments

Looking ahead – GI

• Many formalised graduate schemes• Most open Q3 • Most close by year end • Limited internships and placements• Getting work experience will really help• SMEs?

• britinsurance.com/careers/graduates• allianz.co.uk/careers• lloyds.com/about_us/careers/graduate_careers

• jobs.axa.co.uk/graduates/index• willis.com/careers/graduate_careers• whatifaon.co.uk • escapethehorror.com

Some useful websites GI

Looking ahead – FS

• Very few formalised graduate schemes• Few internships and placements• Getting work experience will really help• SMEs?

• tenetjobs.co.uk• origenfs.co.uk/people/careers• moneyportal.com/join-us• awdplc.com/careers

Some useful websites FS

Credits with your degree

Insurance framework• It typically takes 3 years to get to ACII level• You will get credits equal to two or three units

(saving several months of study) with a degree in one of the following •Accounting•Business•Economics•Finance•Law•Management

Credits with your degree

Financial advice framework• It typically takes 2 years to get to Dip FP

level• You will get credits equal to two or three

units (saving several months of study) with a degree in one of the following •Accounting•Business•Economics•Finance•Law•Management

• Top 50 UK insurance companies• Top 15 UK life assurance companies• Top 50 UK financial advice companies

Careers office information

• Great industry with wide range of roles• Great opportunities to progress quickly• Great future – even now!

In summary

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