Why are we sharing this information?
We believe that sharing our turnaround times will enable us to be transparent, accountable and dedicated to continuously improving our service to you, our advisers. At the beginning of each month, we will post turnaround times for the previous month.
Below are the average turnaround times for new business and underwriting to process a policy.
Please see below the turnaround times for June 2024.
Highlights for the month:
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- 26% increase on turnaround times for Underwriting through Live chat at 42 seconds, and
- 28% increase in email response times, responding within 2.23 days.
New business and Underwriting.
Service | Time | Descriptor |
To load an E-App proposal. |
1.0 days |
This starts when policy is submitted. |
To load an paper proposal. |
1.2 days |
Request to receipt via Konnect. |
Medical requests. | 5.6 days | Request to receipt via Konnect. |
SureMed requests. | 5.4 days | Request to receipt via Konnect. |
To issue a policy. | 1.2 days | From request to issue to policy in-force. |
Policy increases. | 2.2 days | Increases on existing policies. |
Average call wait time. | 24 seconds | Speed of answer. |
Live chat (NB). | 84 seconds | Speed of answer. |
Live chat (U/W). | 57 seconds | Speed of answer. |
Call centre (Existing business).
Service | Time | Descriptor |
Average call wait time. | 31 seconds | Speed of answer. |
Call abandonment rate. | 2% | % of missed calls. |
Email response time (average). | 2.2 days |
For the following request types:
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