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Tower wins Virgin Money mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
... Tower in turn will manufacture the life insurance products and provide ongoing infrastructure to manage all policies. Jim Minto, managing director of Tower Australia said key to this new offering is its simple and easy format. "It's part of our overall ...

No easy fit for health insurance: super

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
... 10 to 20 years. But insurers and super 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 ...

TOWER Aus hits $1bn insurance milestone

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... life insurer in the local market and fourth largest overall, according to Plan for Life figures at the end of March. Jim Minto, managing director at TOWER Australia, said the move to one product, Accelerated Protection, has been a successful strategy ...

TOWER inforce premiums rise 33pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... 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 the group insurance team had successfully ...

Life insurance consolidation could hurt consumers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
... products and limited product innovation if the life insurance market continues to consolidate, warns Tower Australia. Jim Minto, managing director of Tower Australia, urged the government and Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to carefully ...

TOWER wins key mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... non-cash items, the group stayed in the black with underlying profit up 10 per cent to $74.5 million over the period. Jim Minto, managing director at TOWER Australia, said the AustralianSuper appointment as group insurance was a major highlight for the ...

ASFA elects new chair, board members

ASFA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... Board members have also been elected namely Michael Dwyer (First State Super, representing public sector funds) and Jim Minto (Tower Australia, representing retail funds). Jane Paskin (Clayton Utz) and Linda Elkins (Russell Investments) were elected ...

Ripoll to headline AFA conference

... Edmondson, AFA conference chair. Panelists also include David Whiteley, executive manager of Industry Super Network; Jim Minto, managing director of Tower Australia; and Robbie Bennetts, chief executive of Professional Investment Services. More than ...

TOWER nabs $600m AustralianSuper deal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... were shortlisted to three, with TOWER now replacing incumbent provider, CommInsure. TOWER Australia's managing director Jim Minto said the group was pleased to have won the largest contract in group insurance. "It's not just the product or the price ...

Insurance needs more disclosure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... the remuneration further, 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 ...