Insurance News is inviting readers to participate in this year’s wellbeing survey.

The study, in partnership with Allianz, seeks to understand wellness in Australia’s insurance industry, drawing on your anonymous feedback.

For every response, Insurance News will donate $1 to mental health group R U OK? so by completing the survey, insurance professionals directly support suicide prevention.

This year’s survey asks about your experiences at work, mental wellbeing and support, workplace culture and leadership, burnout and the industry more broadly.

It explores productivity, connection, psychological safety and the future of work.

Questions include: could leadership do more to support mental wellbeing? Have you been bullied or harassed? What five factors most affect your mental health? How much overtime do you work? Do you struggle to switch off? How do you think the broader community views the insurance industry? What’s the one thing that most positively impacts wellbeing?

Results will be shared online and in our magazine, outlining the issues employers need to address.

Past surveys found preferential treatment and cliques, old-fashioned thinking and compliance bureaucracy were among the top industry concerns. Nepotism, ageism and “deals done in the pub” were flagged, as was a stubbornly poor public image.

Last year, we heard wellbeing was affected by excessive workloads, poor-performing technology and imparting bad news to claimants.

Still, 78% of respondents said they would encourage school leavers to pursue insurance as a career, and 69% agreed it was a good sector for women.

Take this year’s survey here.

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