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Tower Insurance
Delivering simple and rewarding experiences
Born and bred in New Zealand, for over 150 years Tower has been supporting Kiwis and Pacific customers to protect their homes, cars, businesses and the things they love.
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National Pet Day: Top Pet Names, Breeds And Claims Revealed
Tuesday, 11 April 2023, 4:25 pm | Tower
From doggy dental care to ill and injured Toms, this National Pet Day, Tower is delving into the data around their furriest customers to reveal the most common claims, breeds and names of Kiwi pets. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2304/9c25a2090e9fef1981c9.jpeg" ... More >>
Tower Ramps Up Support For Customers Affected By Floods
Friday, 26 August 2022, 12:56 pm | Tower
Tower has received around 150 claims in relation to current flooding across New Zealand. At present, claims are mainly for customers’ homes and contents, largely to do with leaks causing water damage, flooded carpets and basements, and flood-damaged ... More >>
Tower Launches New Cover As More Than Two Thirds Of Kiwi Homeowners Claim Renovations Are On The Cards
Tuesday, 9 August 2022, 3:53 pm | Tower
Tower’s Contract Works – Renovation works cover launches today. 58% of Kiwis believe it is better to renovate than move house in the current market 68% of homeowners said they are likely to renovate their home in the next two years 35% of homeowners ... More >>
Fur-casting Cost Key To Happy Pet Ownership
Wednesday, 13 April 2022, 4:36 pm | Tower Insurance
Tower is calling for Kiwis to financially plan ahead for pet’s sake! While many of us are focussed on the rising cost of living for humans, pet owners need to factor in how to pay for their pets’ health and wellbeing as well. Tower commissioned ... More >>
Visiting Friends And Family Wins Out As Nervous Kiwis Plan Their Next Overseas Trip
Friday, 1 April 2022, 2:54 pm | Tower Insurance
After two years of managed isolation and quarantine measures, Kiwis will be able to freely travel overseas again in 2022. But unsurprisingly COVID has changed how they think and feel about international travel. Research by Pureprofile, commissioned ... More >>
World's First Bachelor Of Climate Change Degree Attracts New Scholarships
Tuesday, 7 December 2021, 12:32 pm | Tower
Tower is pledging $45,000 over three years to support students in a world-first Bachelor of Climate Change degree at the University of Waikato. The three-year degree offers a unique combination of scientific knowledge, socio-economic understanding, ... More >>
Tower Releases New Tool Revealing Kiwis’ Residential Flood Risks
Tuesday, 16 November 2021, 9:44 am | Tower
Tower has invested in detailed modelling showing the risk of flooding from rivers and rain for residential addresses across New Zealand. As of today, Tower is sharing flood risk ratings with all New Zealanders and using its data to better match flood ... More >>
Tower Appoints Chief Claims Officer And Chief Risk Officer
Thursday, 4 November 2021, 10:05 am | Tower
Tower has today announced two executive appointments to help drive the insurer’s focus on transparent and fair customer experiences. Following a global search, Steve Wilson will join the Tower team in January as Chief Claims Officer. He joins Tower ... More >>
Tower Acquires Remaining Shares In National Pacific Insurance Limited
Monday, 1 November 2021, 9:16 am | Tower
Tower is on track to take complete ownership of its subsidiary National Pacific Insurance Limited (NPI). The business is headquartered in Samoa and serves people across Tonga, American Samoa and Samoa. In October, Tower purchased an additional ... More >>
Tower Pinpoints Fraud To Enable Faster Claims With New AI Partnership
Tuesday, 19 October 2021, 11:39 am | Tower Insurance
Tower partners with Dutch AI-based solution FRISS to automate and accelerate claims process Tower is set to further automate the process of detecting genuine and suspicious claims in real time, to allow for a faster process for customers in need. The automated ... More >>
Tower Appoints Chief Financial Officer
Tuesday, 19 October 2021, 11:37 am | Tower Insurance
Tower Limited (NZX/ASX:TWR) has appointed Paul Johnston as Chief Financial Officer, subject to completion of the regulatory approvals process. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2110/1e13a8fe742e9e7ebe08.jpeg" width="612" height="720"> Mr Johnston will join Tower ... More >>
Want To Know Where To Get The Best Car Insurance Deal?
Tuesday, 19 October 2021, 11:34 am | Tower Insurance
Canstar’s inaugural Car Insurer of the Year Award has revealed what every car owner wants to know: Where to get the best value and features for insurance to protect one of your most expensive assets - your car. And the answer, according to Canstar’s ... More >>
New sustainability benefit for Tower house insurance
Wednesday, 15 September 2021, 9:15 am | Tower Insurance
Tower Insurance has made a change to how it supports customers dealing with the total loss of their house from events like fires or floods to incentivise them to rebuild their houses more sustainably. A payment of up to $15,000, on top of their usual ... More >>
Trade Me And Tower Renew Insurance Partnership
Friday, 6 August 2021, 10:36 am | Tower Insurance
Trade Me has extended its six-year partnership with Tower Insurance for at least another five years. Together the two Kiwi businesses will continue offering insurance to Trade Me’s millions of members and will invest further in new products and digital ... More >>
Insurance Competition Heats Up As Tower Partners With Open To Launch Disruptive Car And Home Insurance
Friday, 6 August 2021, 10:31 am | Tower Insurance
26 May 2021 Imagine a world in which you only pay for car insurance based on how much you drive, or your home contents policy is automatically updated when you buy new tech, art and furniture. This type of personalised insurance will soon be possible ... More >>
Smart Data Usage Helps Slash Insurance Quoting Time
Friday, 6 August 2021, 10:30 am | Tower Insurance
14 June 2021 Make insurance quotes as easy and fast as possible: That was the challenge Tower set itself. To achieve this, Tower has rewired its quoting process for car, house and contents insurance in its mission to provide the easiest, fastest and most ... More >>
Data Partnership Set To Improve The Insurance Sector
Friday, 6 August 2021, 10:30 am | Tower Insurance
University of Auckland and Tower partner to advance customer experience and deliver business efficiency The University of Auckland is partnering with Kiwi insurer, Tower, to align academic research capabilities with real world industry needs. Together ... More >>
Tower Insurance Hits The Water
Friday, 6 August 2021, 10:28 am | Tower Insurance
28 July 2021 Tower has today announced that it will now be offering boat insurance policies online. For the first time ever, Kiwis can arrange their house, contents, car and now their boat insurance online all with one insurer. For the estimated 1.7 ... More >>
Don’t Give In To Your Driving Vices This Easter
Friday, 6 August 2021, 10:26 am | Tower Insurance
GoCarma is supporting Kiwis to travel New Zealand During our lifetimes we spend the equivalent of more than four years driving around in our cars. So, you would think that Kiwis, given our love of long weekend roadies, are great drivers. But ... More >>
Tower Insurance And Allianz Partners Working Together To Provide Selected COVID-19 Travel Cover To Kiwis
Wednesday, 26 May 2021, 10:12 am | Tower Insurance
As New Zealand begins to open its borders with other countries, Kiwis will be looking for travel insurance to help cover them in the face of COVID-19. More >>
