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IUS hires ex-Tower manager

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... Underwriting Services (IUS) has appointed Stuart Rowe as manager - planning and business development. Rowe was recruited from Tower Australia where he held the role of manager, corporate markets. Rowe has over 30 years in the Australian insurance industry. ...

TOWER's business set to soar

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
TOWER Australia's robust premium growth and increasing product differentiation will see the insurance firm gain serious clout in the local insurance market, according to ratings house Standard & Poor's (S&P's). Standard & Poor's Ratings Services last ...

Westscheme members get better insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
... members. According to Howard Rosario, chief executive of Westscheme, the multi-industry super fund reviewed its contract with Tower to increase its death and TPD cover by 25 per cent from tomorrow, while income protection cover tops at 10 per cent. The ...

TOWER net profits up 81pct

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
The life market proves to be big business after TOWER Australia posted a bumper half year net profit after tax increase of 81 per cent to $30.9 million for the six months to March. TOWER Australia's share price increased by 3.8 per cent today on the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
... the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases new private capital expenditure data for the March quarter. In company news, Tower Australia Group Ltd and GrainCorp Ltd report interim results. Everest Babcock & Brown Ltd and Austar United Communications ...

Online insurance lost in cyberspace

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... Synchron called on Strategies Plus to develop a new website to help step up their presence in online insurance. Zurich, Tower Australia and ING One Care have all tapped into new insurance technologies to provide more flexible and cheaper insurance for ...

Hagtharp named senior MLC consultant

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
MLC Implemented Consulting has appointed Ian Hagtharp as senior asset consultant. Hagtharp has worked with MLC for seven years and was most recently head of the capital markets research team. Hagtharp has almost 20 years experience in the finance industry ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
... 26,183.95. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket took its lead today from a good weekend on international markets, while Tower continued to enjoy a lift following a partial takeover move on Friday. The NZSX-50 benchmark index closed up 19.18 points ...

Tower launches Accelerate

Tower Australia has launched Accelerate, an online insurance service which it claims saves advisers time and money by speeding up the underwriting process. It took two years in development and close to six months in pilot with several hundred advisers ...

AXA to invest $30m in life insurance

... including Stephen Rosengren to move from head of group insurance to head of individual life and Tim Tex, previously from Tower Australia, appointed as product manager, individual life. Michelle Baltazar