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Debtfree Magazine November 2017

The November 2017 Issue of Debtfree Magazine. We discuss working with a PDA and getting ready for December.

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PROFILE | DAVID O’BRIEN | MEERKAT<br />

Is it easy to stay<br />

in touch and make<br />

claims for clients?<br />

Meerkat offers a dedicated call<br />

centre for customers. We can be<br />

accessed through email, telephone,<br />

whatsapp and live chat. We also<br />

offer an app, where the customer<br />

can submit their claim, and any<br />

required documentation. We also<br />

have a dedicated support model for<br />

debt counsellor partners, who can<br />

submit claims on behalf of clients, if<br />

required.<br />

If a Debt Counsellor<br />

is not a FAIS<br />

complaint agent<br />

what can they do for<br />

their clients?<br />

The Meerkat team have collectively<br />

over 75 years of senior insurance<br />

expertise, it is our core skill. We<br />

believe that parts of the debt<br />

counselling industry are unknowingly<br />

creating significant insurance<br />

regulatory risk for themselves,<br />

through the inappropriate provision<br />

of advice from unregistered agents.<br />

Transgressions of the FAIS Act<br />

come with severe penalties for noncompliance.<br />

We have designed<br />

the Meerkat model to deal with<br />

this. Meerkat carries 100% of the<br />

insurance process, product and

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