Exploring behavioural economics through a life insurance lens
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Description
Following an overwhelmingly positive response to the behavioural economics presentation at our last Shifting Gears seminar - Montoux, in partnership with Deloitte, invites you to join us for our first breakfast session of 2018 in Sydney. This will be a further exploration of behavioural economics, through a life insurance lens, with industry speakers and panel discussion with audience Q&A.
Speaker profiles
Dr Doron Samuell is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. He is also a graduate of Harvard Business School and graduate from the London School of Economics where he completed a Masters of Behavioural Economics. He is presently enrolled in Sydney University Business School, where he is doing a PhD on the impact of personality on insurance risk. He holds several appointments including Chief Medical Officer of Zurich Insurance, Strategic Advisor to the Insurance Council of Australia, and Chief Medical Officer of Allianz Life insurance and is an appointed Assessor for SIRA in their dispute resolution service. He owns and operates his own businesses, Behaviour, an international Behavioural Economics consultancy and Professional Opinions, a medical risk management company providing assessment services through a panel of 400 medical specialists.
Dr Samuell is using behavioural economics to increase insurance retention, improving the level of disclosures at underwriting and finding algorithmic approaches to improving underwriting.
Nick Mingo - Swiss Re
Nick Mingo is the Claims Service Specialist at Swiss Re Life & Health Australia. Nick works with the Swiss Re global Behavioural Research Unit to undertake live Behavioural Economics test and learn projects with insurer clients on life and disability insurance topics such as underwriting, health disclosure, claims, sales, customer experience and policy retention. The Behavioural Research Unit has conducted over 150 behavioural tests with over 40 clients in 30 countries.
Prior to working with Swiss Re in Sydney and London, Nick spent over 10 years in various disability insurance settings, including occupational rehabilitation.
He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and a Master's Degree in Behavioural Health Science from the University of Sydney, and is fascinated by investigating how simple contextual changes can influence key insurance decision behaviour.
Please register for your free ticket to ensure sufficient catering is provided.
