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Tower wins Master Super contract

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
The $554 million Master Super has appointed Tower Australia as its new insurer starting 1 July. Following a recent review, Tower was appointed the new insurer due to an overall reduction in the cost of insurance for members, said the fund in a member ...

Insurance needs more disclosure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... the public needs to be provided with a clearer idea on how much they are paying first, said Jim Minto, chief executive at TOWER Australia. "What we're calling for is simplified disclosure. On the first few pages of the disclosure document there [needs ...

TOWER profit down, life business up

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
TOWER Australia posted a 12 per cent fall in net profit after tax to just over $27 million in the firm's first half results, while new individual life sales continue to increase. Despite the fall in net profit after tax, TOWER Australia's underlying ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... Conference. The Housing Industry Association will release its state and national Outlooks for the March quarter. In company news, Tower Australia Group Ltd releases half year results. Austar United Communications Ltd, Sino Gold Mining Ltd, InfoChoice ...

LMW Invest teams up with Denison

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... joint venture aimed at delivering traditional syndicated property investments to retail investors. An eight level office tower in North Sydney, with forecast fund yield of 9 per cent, is the first building to be syndicated and offered to investors through ...

Industry backs Lifewise campaign

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
... Services Australia. Among the insurers throwing their weight behind the campaign are AIG Life, Macquarie, Suncorp, Zurich, TOWER Australia, Aviva Australia, Mercer, MetLife and AXA Australia to name a few. Chris Pearce, shadow minister for financial ...

AIG Life adds to group team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
AIG Life appointed Craig Extrem as national manager, client markets - group insurance. He joins AIG Life from TOWER Australia where he worked as head of sales - group risk since April 2006. Extrem also worked at Prefsure, Lumley Life and Colonial in ...

REST deploys $300m mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
... mandates. REST invested $150 million in Credit Suisse's Syndicated Loan Fund, while $100 million was deployed into the Stone Tower Offshore Credit Fund during the December quarter. The fund however pumped another $50 million into the Offshore Credit ...

US employees flee pension plans

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
Up to 60 per cent of US companies are seeing their employees postpone retirement plans and reduce pension plan participation. Dissaffected employees are also increasing hardship withdrawals, according to a new Towers Perrin survey. US employees are ...

Fiji Reserve Bank imposes credit controls

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
... financial services in Fiji. Australian insurance companies with a presence in Fiji include QBE, Fiji Care, AON, Marsh and Tower. A spokesman for ANZ said the bank would implement the new exchange controls. "These controls are similar to those implemented ...