Flore-Anne Messy Principal Administrator OECD Financial Affairs Division 1.

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Flore-Anne Messy Principal Administrator OECD Financial Affairs Division 1

2AGENDA I. Global OECD Framework on Financial Education II. Role of intermediaries in financial literacy and inclusion as key delivery channels : Case of the insurance sector A.Main findings of the OECD Good Practices on Enhanced Risk Awareness and Education on Insurance issues B.Specific project on the roles of insurance intermediaries in insurance awareness education and protection of consumers C.Challenges to the role of insurance intermediaries D. Preliminary OECD guidelines III. Challenges ahead and concluding remarks

3 I. Global OECD Framework on Financial Education

 Role of various stakeholders and tools in the Financial Education process and in reaching out particular groups : ◦Government- coordinator & programmes in schools ◦Industry ◦Civil partners  Role of sellers of financial products/financial institutions in financial education ◦Financial Education is part of their good corporate governance ◦Provide information and suitable advice ◦Check information has been understood especially for complex products  Development of a project on the role of financial institutions in Financial Education  First step: the insurance sector 4

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 Adoption in 2008 by OECD Gouvernements A Recommendations on Good Practices for Enhanced Risk Awareness and Education on Insurance Issues  2008 Publication : Improving Education and Awareness on Insurance and Private Pensions  Results of a survey conducted in the aftermath of the financial crisis on the role of financial education 6

Key messages:  Role of governments in : promoting risk awareness and basic insurance understanding and culture assessing issues relative to coverage and products  Key role and responsibility of insurance market players and intermediaries  Possible introduction of compulsory insurance for severe risks  Tailored products for vulnerable groups- microinsurance 7 The OECD launched in 2008 a project on the role of insurance intermediaries in the financial education as key delivery channels and to palliate insufficient financial literacy skills of consumers

 Part of a more global project on the role of financial intermediaries in financial education  Questionnaire circulated to OECD countries, some non OECD countries and in particular Latin American countries in 2008  Contributions from 28 OECD and non OECD countries  Identification of main issues and challenges : development of a comparative and analytical report  Development of draft Guidelines on the role of insurance intermediaries in consumers’ insurance education and protection  Discussed within the OECD and through the INFE 8

 Target: the relationship and role of insurance intermediaries with consumers in respect of decision made on risk and insurance issues  Purpose : seek to improve consumers’ decision making process vis a vis insurance products and issues  encompasses all actors involved in the insurance intermediation process to various degrees:  Brokers  Agents  Insurers  Financial entities- e.g. banks  Non financial entities  Distant selling ( e-intermediation, phone calls) 9

 Complexity and diversity of insurance products and emerging new products (e.g., united-link, annuity, PHI, long term care, liability)  Role of insurance vehicles especially as regards pensions, health and large scale-risks  Increasing needs and expectations of consumers (number and nature of complaints)  Particular low level of insurance culture and resilient passive behaviours  Series of adverse effects :  For consumers : misselling, under-coverage for major risks and in particular long-term risks, duplicate coverage/overselling, etc  Vulnerable consumers are more affected by these adverse effects  For insurers : costs of complaints and misselling, lack of competitiveness of insurance markets  key role of insurance intermediaries in : - Bridging information and knowledge asymmetry gaps - Improving use of insurance products 10

 Various distributors and various types of national markets ◦Differences between :  brokers  other types of intermediaries - tied agents, direct selling  possible impact of these differences on the role/function of intermediaries  Emerging new intermediaries with different level of regulation and qualification:  banks, post offices – especially in the life but also non-life sector  retail distributors  Issues relative to distant selling :  Call centres  Internet / mobile phone  Cross-border selling  Difficulty for consumers to identify a suitable insurance intermediary 11

Particularities of insurance intermediaries‘ activity and function :  Assessment of the quality of the services provided  Appropriateness of the qualification of insurance intermediaries  Inherent conflict of interest :relative opacity of the remuneration process For particular actors (new players) and products, cases of : misselling /inappropriate sellings (health insurance) tied selling (mortgage/credit insurance) underinsurance (long-term products) overselling ( home insurance) fraud  Lack of transparency of information and advice e.g., unit-linked, annuities, health insurance)  Consequences : general mistrust as regards insurance intermediaries/distributors and adverse effects 12

Background  Rather developed (soft) regulatory framework on insurance intermediary in most responding countries (especially EU zone)  Yet, room for strengthening the role of insurance intermediaries in respect of financial education and awareness and protection of consumers–through (soft)regulation or codes of conduct Outline  Role in a commercial context: ◦Informing and advising consumers ◦Raising risk awareness ◦Checking understanding of insurance products ◦Developing appropriate disseminating tools and networks  Role outside the commercial context : o Contributing to more global financial education programmes and strategies especially in the insurance sector 13

 Setting suitable conditions : ◦Need to assist consumers in the identification of insurance intermediary ◦Enhance the quality of information provided to intermediaries by insurers ◦Improve qualifications, knowledge and training ◦Reinforce integrity and independence : addressing main types of conflicts of interest and issues relative to the remuneration process  Enhancing the information-providing and advisory role ◦Throughout the intermediation process  Reinforcing requirements and standards for some actors: ◦Non–traditional actors : upgrading current rules and qualification  Fine-tuning rules according to products/branches’ specificities  Vulnerable groups – S pecial processes and improvement of dissemination networks and tools  Role of self-regulatory bodies and national associations 14

◦Avoid conflict of interest :  Importance of partnerships with the government  Use of national associations and self regulatory bodies ◦Survey of consumers’ needs and expectations ◦Development of awareness and education campaigns on important risks - e.g. Turkey, Mexico, Canada ◦Development of dedicated tools and supports:  Dedicated and interactive websites  Paper material – Guides, leaflets  Assistance in the development of school materials  Special programmes to reach out vulnerable groups 15

 Finalise the draft Guidelines through the OECD and the INFE  Launch public consultation before the approbation by the OECD governments in 2010  Development of a broader OECD project on the role of financial institutions in financial education including for vulnerable groups in  OECD/INFE Project and good practices on vulnerable groups : financial inclusion/access and education 16

Financial education is higher on policy makers and market players agenda but...Financial education goals need to be stepped up further: Froenhanced knowledge to responsible financial behaviours From enhanced knowledge to responsible financial behaviours 17 Ongoing long-term Peer learning and iterative process Top-down and… Bottom-up approaches  The OECD/INFE is looking forward to fruitful and constructive co-operation on these key challenges

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