Title: Your Success Comes First'
1Your Success Comes First.
2Outline
- Introduction to Securian Financial Network, Inc.
- Current Debt Cancellation Programs
- Results to Date
- Lessons Learned
- Dos and Donts
- Discussion
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3Securian Financial Network, Inc.
- Distributor of insurance, lending and loan
protection - products in the financial institution market
- Focus is on maximizing participation in loan
protection - programs and driving fee income
- Affiliate of Minnesota Life Insurance Company
- - Leading writer of mortgage optional insurance
products - 9th leading writer of credit insurance, with
history and - focus on MOB credit
- - One of top 15 rated insurance companies in the
U.S. - PC affiliate, Securian Casualty, writes
contractual - liability insurance policies
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4Current Debt Cancellation Programs
- Over 200 plan designs for more than 70 financial
institutions - 15 of these 70 have selected a debt cancellation
partner - 14 of the 15 have selected Securian
- Of these 14
- 6 are producing revenue
- 8 are in the process of implementation
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5Debt Cancellation Drivers
- HOEPA changes
- Multi-state programs
- Insurance licensing concerns
- Product enhancements
- Improved consumer price points
- Simplified bank administration
- Improved income potential
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6Results To Date
- The Good
- The Bad
- The Ugly
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7Results To Date The Good
- At one institution, MOB debt cancellation has had
better participation than SP credit insurance - Total participation increased from 9 to 11
- At another institution, roll-out of debt
cancellation has also helped credit insurance
sales - Total participation increased from 21 to 34
(consumer loans) - Total participation increased from 10 to 20
(home equity loans)
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8Results To Date The Good (continued)
- Package selections at one institution
- Single life, disability (6 month), involuntary
unemployment (3 month), family leave (3 month) -
68 - Single disability (6 month), involuntary
unemployment (3 month), family leave (3 month)
21 - Joint life, disability (6 month), involuntary
unemployment (3 month), family leave (3 month)
10 - Single life and disability (full term) 1
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9Results To Date The Bad
- At several institutions, systems issues delayed
implementation - At one institution, too many product variations
at POS have confused staff and led to lower
participation
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10Results To Date The Bad (continued)
- At one institution, full coverage product had too
high a cost to sell successfully at POS
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11Results To Date The Ugly
- At one case, rushed internal roll-out led to poor
results and hurt strong existing credit
insurance plan - Total participation dropped from 30 to under 20
- Post-implementation audit highlighted poor
enrollment processes and inadequate staff
training - Early involuntary unemployment claims were
ineligible for coverage
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12Lessons Learned
- Debt cancellation flexibility can lead to endless
product design review - It is never too early to consider impact on bank
systems in design and implementation - Education and training of front line personnel is
essential to success make time for it
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13Lessons Learned (continued)
- There are many debt cancellation issues that have
not yet been answered best to know your
response going in - Be ready to make changes
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14Debt Cancellation DONTs
- DONT become paralyzed by the product design
flexibility
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15Debt Cancellation DONTs (continued)
- DONT become paralyzed by the product design
flexibility - DONT try to cross-sell too many products at POS
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16Debt Cancellation DONTs (continued)
- DONT become paralyzed by the product design
flexibility - DONT try to cross-sell too many products at POS
- DONT limit your ability to make plan and fee
changes in the future
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17Debt Cancellation DONTs (continued)
- DONT become paralyzed by the product design
flexibility - DONT try to cross-sell too many products at POS
- DONT limit your ability to make plan and fee
changes in the future - DONT forget importance of price points
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18Debt Cancellation DONTs (continued)
- DONT become paralyzed by the product design
flexibility - DONT try to cross-sell too many products at POS
- DONT limit your ability to make plan and fee
changes in the future - DONT forget importance of price points
- DONT forget that products dont sell, people do
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19Debt Cancellation DONTs (continued)
- DONT become paralyzed by the product design
flexibility - DONT try to cross-sell too many products at POS
- DONT limit your ability to make plan and fee
changes in the future - DONT forget importance of price points
- DONT forget that products dont sell, people do
- DONT rush implementation of the program
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20Debt Cancellation DOs
- DO evaluate current credit insurance program
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21Debt Cancellation DOs
- DO evaluate current credit insurance program
- DO focus on using debt cancellation to solve your
credit insurance issues
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22Debt Cancellation DOs
- DO evaluate current credit insurance program
- DO focus on using debt cancellation to solve your
credit insurance issues - DO secure top management support and involvement
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23Debt Cancellation DOs
- DO evaluate current credit insurance program
- DO focus on using debt cancellation to solve your
credit insurance issues - DO secure top management support and involvement
- DO focus on building/maintaining a successful
sales culture
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24Debt Cancellation DOs
- DO evaluate current credit insurance program
- DO focus on using debt cancellation to solve your
credit insurance issues - DO secure top management support and involvement
- DO focus on building/maintaining a successful
sales culture - DO involve your front-end personnel on product
design
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25Debt Cancellation DOs
- DO evaluate current credit insurance program
- DO focus on using debt cancellation to solve your
credit insurance issues - DO secure top management support and involvement
- DO focus on building/maintaining a successful
sales culture - DO involve your front-end personnel on product
design - DO involve systems and compliance personnel from
the start
Your Success Comes First.
26Debt Cancellation DOs
- DO evaluate current credit insurance program
- DO focus on using debt cancellation to solve your
credit insurance issues - DO secure top management support and involvement
- DO focus on building/maintaining a successful
sales culture - DO involve your front-end personnel on product
design - DO involve systems and compliance personnel from
the start - DO have plan for lending compliance, tax
reporting and financial reporting
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27Debt Cancellation DOs
- DO evaluate current credit insurance program
- DO focus on using debt cancellation to solve your
credit insurance issues - DO secure top management support and involvement
- DO focus on building/maintaining a successful
sales culture - DO involve your front-end personnel on product
design - DO involve systems and compliance personnel from
the start - DO have plan for lending compliance, tax
reporting and financial reporting - DO work with a high-quality partner who has
experience in design, compliance, sales support,
and in getting results
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28Questions/Discussion
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