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Challenger boosted by life sales

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... three-month period, negatively impacted by the high yield fund conversion. "We remain on track to meeting our FY11 retail Life sales guidance which is now upgraded to in excess of $1.8 billion following the conversion of the High Yield Fund," said Dominic ...

Adviser award highlights need for women-centric advice

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... 12 per cent of TOWER Australia income protection claims come from women," said Brett Clark, chief executive officer Retail Life of TOWER Australia. "These statistics have significant social and fiscal implications for us all." Clark referred to a 2006 ...

Tower adds to adviser support

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... Financial Planning manager as state sales manager. Tower has named Charl du Plooy as its NSW/ACT State Sales Manager, Retail Life. Formerly with AMP Financial Planning, du Plooy has managed distribution teams and worked with advisory businesses. He has ...

TOWER, CommInsure tie as top insurers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... category, with the awards committee "unable to split the two" when deciding a winner. Brett Clark, chief executive, Retail Life, TOWER, accepted the award on behalf of the group and said that advisers and consumers were benefiting from the rising standards ...

Challenger boutiques and annuities enjoy strong half year

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... the six months to 31 December 2010 while its sales figures were also positive. Total Life sales were $732 million, retail Life sales rose 57 per cent to $713 million with more than 28 per cent of these were of products introduced in the last 12 months ...

Tower posts strong growth in direct and life ins

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... growth this year to $92.3 million, buoyed by strong performance in its group and direct insurance channels. Tower's retail life business underwent significant changes during the year with the closure of three 'on sale' life insurance products and the ...

Tower unveils iQuote app

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... the opportunity to roll out instant life insurance quotes on the go. Brett Clark, chief executive of TOWER Australia Retail Life, said Accelerated iQuote allows advisers to provide quotes across the Accelerated Protection product range in front of their ...

Tower improves Accelerated Protection

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... pricing structures and supporting technology applications as part of its recent roll out. Brett Clark, chief executive retail life of Tower Australia, said the firm is looking to make Accelerated Protection simpler and faster to use, following adviser ...

AFA promotes female advisers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... of many small businesses and of their communities and yet continue to be under-represented. Tower Australia's CEO,Retail Life, Brett Clark, said the group is proud to sponsor the award. "We know that there are far fewer female than male financial advisers," ...

CommInsure boosts retail life offering

NEWS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
CommInsure has unveiled a number of upgrades to its retail life insurance offering, including the ability for customers to use their super fund to pay for their insurance premiums. As part of a partnership between CommInsure and Colonial First State's ...