I'm not sure why you're surprised at the slowdown. Those that had to leave (licencee bullying / FASEA deadlines) had to go by 31/12/22. Those that managed to get through the ridiculously written FASEA entrance exam, but were shell shocked by the process, are planning to leave before the next FASEA deadline. We're losing all our expert risk advisors. And those of us remaining have given up writing insurance as its a loss leader. Well done to the buracrats who engineered this little perfect storm.