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TOWER inforce premiums rise 33pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
TOWER Australia's inforce premium has grown 33 per cent to $946 million, with AustralianSuper's inforce premium representing $110 million at the end of March. Jim Minto, managing director at TOWER Australia, at the firm's first-half profit update, said ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market has received mixed leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street closing weaker but contract prices for oil, gold, silver and copper ending firmer. At 0728 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract ...

Service core to Tower mandate: AustralianSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
Better and faster service was a core reason why AustralianSuper awarded Tower one of the largest insurance mandates in the industry last year, said the fund's chief executive, Ian Silk. Speaking at the Institute of Actuaries of Australia conference ...

MLC appoints Bleakley as external director

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
MLC has appointed former ING Financial Planning and RetireInvest board member, David Bleakley, as external director to its advice & licences board. Bleakley has more than 30 years experience in wealth management and is a seasoned non-executive director. ...

TOWER enhances Accelerate Protection

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
TOWER Australia has upgraded its Accelerated Protection risk insurance product and improved its online service. The firm's upgrade has 14 enhanced benefits and definitions and applies to all policyholders with an in-force Accelerated Protection policy. ...

AIA appoints head of adviser services

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
AIA Australia has appointed former TOWER Australia manager, Pina Sciarrone, as head of adviser services, individual life. Sciarrone previously worked as state sales manager for Victoria/Tasmania at TOWER Australia. Prior to joining TOWER, she worked ...

TOWER hires sales manager

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
TOWER Australia has appointed former Aviva Victoria/Tasmania state sales manager, Craig Parker, as a sales manager for the same states. Patrick O'Connor, head of distribution at TOWER Australia, said Parker's appointment highlighted the insurance firm's ...

Asset consultants under fee pressures

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
Leading asset consultants were grilled about the value they add to super fund portfolios at an industry conference held yesterday. The results? Refreshingly honest. The heads of four asset consultancies - JANA, Frontier, Towers Watson and Sovereign ...

AIA on hiring spree

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
AIA Australia has appointed five executives and promoted a number of others across its product and adviser teams after the insurer's national dealership manager and head of adviser services left the firm. Former AXA Australia senior product manager ...

AFA awards top insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), in association with Plan for Life, has announced the winners of this year's AFA/Plan for Life 2009 Life Company of the Year Awards. It was certainly the year for CommInsure, which took not just the Platinum ...