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Tower names chief underwriter, new mgr

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
... in delivering life solutions to their customers," said Luke Banfield, head of customer service and operations for retail life at the company. Banfield said the appointments signaled a shift in the development of the business. The company announced that ...

Zurich doubles death and TPD business

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... (TPD) business in a year. After launching LifeXpress service last year, the firm has continued to gain business in the retail life risk market. Colin Morgan, general manager of life risk at Zurich, said upgrading the product features and pricing, especially ...

TOWER enhances Accelerate Protection

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... "reducing the number of clicks required to complete quotes," said David Denison, head of product and marketing -- retail life at TOWER Australia. Accelerate Protection is the firm's life insurance platform that was launched last year based on the Accelerate ...

Tower hires former AIA exec

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... last year to take up a Brisbane based-role. He will report to Pat O'Connor, head of distribution, TOWER Australia Retail Life.

Tower taps UK trends to upgrade insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
... overseas, particularly the UK. In a presentation this morning to advisers, Brett Yardley, head of offer strategy - retail life at Tower, said the firm had to "look outside just our own backyard" and launch a global search to find best practice trends ...

Tech unclogs insurance bottlenecks

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
... underwriting. But today, AMP, Aviva, Macquarie and Tower are among those that have helped ease one of the bottlenecks in retail life insurance - the cumbersome underwriting process. Joining the fray this year is Asteron, which spent millions of dollars ...

Tower appoints distribution head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
TOWER Australia has appointed Patrick O'Connor as head of distribution for the Retail Life business. O'Connor will report to the company's chief executive Retail Life, Brett Clark. O'Connor has held a number of roles within TOWER since joining the company ...

Tower upgrades Accelerate and TPP

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
... and broadened while waiting periods for many claims have been altered to suit customer needs," said chief executive retail life for TOWER Australia, Brett Clark. "This is about TOWER continuing to find ways to make the business of a life insurance adviser ...

TOWER net profits up 81pct

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
... TOWER Australia appointed former AIG Life deputy managing director, Brett Clark to chief executive for the firm's retail life division. Clark spent several years at AIG Life as general manager of product and distribution and, prior to that, was the firm's ...

CommInsure in $1.2b insurance bonanza

... Zealand Insurance Industry awards. Earlier this year, the group launched more than 20 product enhancements to its retail life insurance range as well as premium reductions across Life, TPD and Trauma cover. "We will continue to improve our service and ...