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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... insurers opened the day mixed. QBE was up seven cents at $17.30, but IAG was down eight cents at $3.65. Life insurer Tower Australia Group said a shifting economic and regulatory environment would make the year ahead "interesting". Tower was up one cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... Financial Management conducts a tender process to issue $500 million of the April 2020 bond line. In equities, Tower Australia Group Ltd holds its annual general meeting. On Tuesday, the Australian share market ended flat despite strong US economic data ...

New beginnings at Tower

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... brace themselves for hundreds of millions of dollars worth of claims, Dai-ichi Life's holiday takeover bid for Tower Australia is likely to have a more lasting effect on the insurance landscape. The $1.2 billion deal, which has already been approved ...

Insurer members adopt FSC flood model

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... also negotiating special arrangements for premium payments on a case-by-case basis for those undergoing hardship. Tower Australia said that its approach is in line with the FSC model and that it will be working with its dealer groups and financial planners ...

AIA wins $160m Sunsuper mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... per cent market share. AIA's contract comes a month after another large group insurance mandate was handed to Tower Australia from the $20 billion First State Super. Tower expects the deal to generate $75 million-plus in annual insurance premiums.

Tower wins First State Super, ousts MetLife

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
Third-ranked group insurer Tower Australia is nipping at the heels of top two rivals AIA and ING, now called OnePath, after signing a landmark deal with the $20 billion First State Super. Effective next month, Tower will provide death, disablement and ...

Tower posts strong growth in direct and life ins

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
Specialist life insurance group Tower Australia has reported a 24 per cent profit 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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... on private new capital expenditure and expected expenditure in the September quarter. In equities news, insurer Tower Australia Group Ltd releases annual results. Annual general meetings are scheduled for Goodman Fielder Ltd, Centrebet International ...

Tower unveils iQuote app

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... advisers 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 ...

Tower improves Accelerated Protection

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... 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 feedback. There are four ...