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AFA promotes female advisers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... foundation of families, 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 ...

Tower wins Virgin Money mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
One year after Tower Australia secured a $600 million insurance deal with AustralianSuper, the firm has signed on a major partnership with Virgin Money to provide life insurance to the retail market. Richard Branson-backed Virgin Money is expanding ...

Russell upgrades insurance

NEWS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
... SuperSolution Master Trust (SSMT) as well as within some additional corporate superannuation schemes. In partnership with TOWER Australia, the group also launched an online calculator tool, which calculates how much insurance a member will need on the ...

Macq Private Wealth expands insurance team

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... Wealth appoints three new insurance specialists to its wealth protection team, doubling its size. Formerly of Tower Australia, Nancy Peat brings 25 years of experience to the team in Melbourne while Lee Aylward joins the team from Grant Thornton. Rayya ...

No easy fit for health insurance: super

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
... funds are meeting his predictions with caution and some degree of skepticism. Jim Minto, managing director of Tower Australia, said health funding requires clear public and private policy positions, but there are none in today's market, he said. "I think ...

Tower names chief underwriter, new mgr

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
Tower Australia has appointed two new senior managers to its risk new business team. "It is our objective to change the experience for financial advisers in delivering life solutions to their customers," said Luke Banfield, head of customer service ...

Parrish, Williamson, Chow to exit CPG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... and is regarded as playing a key role in pioneering independent asset consulting. Boag was managing director of Tower Australia up until 2003 after first joining the group in 1992 and building it up into a $6 billion business. With Morrow taking the ...

TOWER Aus hits $1bn insurance milestone

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
TOWER Australia has tipped over $1 billion in in-force premium and the group hopes its platform product Accelerated Protection will continue to appeal to more advisers. The Australian life insurance firm continues to report more than 10 per cent growth ...

Tower and IRESS launch Accelerate Connect

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
Tower Australia and IRESS Market Technology have launched Accelerate Connect -providing advisers with a straight through link from comparison to the application process on the same screen. Accelerate Connect allows advisers to launch the TOWER Australia ...

More insurance for IBM Super members

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... age 70 to apply for additional voluntary death and TPD cover. The fund negotiated the upgrades with its insurer, Tower Australia. Both offers kicked in on 1 July.