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TOWER and BNY Mellon clarify position

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... firms have little to no exposure to Lehman Brothers and AIG. In an Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) statement, TOWER Australia said it has "negligible exposures to AIG and Lehman Brothers". Meanwhile, the Bank of New York Mellon announced, contrary ...

Changing of the guard: TOWER

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
TOWER Australia today unveilled Japanese insurance giant Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance as its new cornerstone investor - marking a generational change in business strategy and direction for TOWER's operations. Dai-ichi, Japan's oldest mutual life insurance ...

IUS hires ex-Tower manager

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... Services (IUS) has appointed Stuart Rowe as manager - planning and business development. Rowe was recruited from Tower Australia where he held the role of manager, corporate markets. Rowe has over 30 years in the Australian insurance industry. "Stuart ...

TOWER's business set to soar

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
TOWER Australia's robust premium growth and increasing product differentiation will see the insurance firm gain serious clout in the local insurance market, according to ratings house Standard & Poor's (S&P's). Standard & Poor's Ratings Services last ...

TOWER net profits up 81pct

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
The life market proves to be big business after TOWER Australia posted a bumper half year net profit after tax increase of 81 per cent to $30.9 million for the six months to March. TOWER Australia's share price increased by 3.8 per cent today on the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
... Australian Bureau of Statistics releases new private capital expenditure data for the March quarter. In company news, Tower Australia Group Ltd and GrainCorp Ltd report interim results. Everest Babcock & Brown Ltd and Austar United Communications Ltd ...

Online insurance lost in cyberspace

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... called on Strategies Plus to develop a new website to help step up their presence in online insurance. Zurich, Tower Australia and ING One Care have all tapped into new insurance technologies to provide more flexible and cheaper insurance for time-poor ...

Tower launches Accelerate

Tower Australia has launched Accelerate, an online insurance service which it claims saves advisers time and money by speeding up the underwriting process. It took two years in development and close to six months in pilot with several hundred advisers ...

AXA to invest $30m in life insurance

... Stephen Rosengren to move from head of group insurance to head of individual life and Tim Tex, previously from Tower Australia, appointed as product manager, individual life. Michelle Baltazar

Life insurance next for nib

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
New South Wales-based nib health funds has teamed up with TOWER Australia to provide, nib Value Life Insurance, an online life insurance product that requires no medical test. Administered by TOWER Australia, nib Value Life Insurance will be provided ...