Who owns Tower Insurance?
Tower Insurance is owned by Tower (New Zealand, NZX: TWR).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Tower Limited 2025 Annual Report. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Tower Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand, Auckland
- Origin
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- Category
- Finance & insurance › Insurance › Property & casualty insurance
- Parent ticker
- NZX: TWR ASX: TWR
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Tower Insurance
Tower is the New Zealand general insurance brand of Tower Limited, which reports 318,000 customers for FY25. The annual report says it underwrites house, contents, motor and landlord insurance for Westpac NZ to sell under Westpac's own brand from July 2026.
Ownership timeline of Tower Insurance
Where Tower Insurance sits in Tower
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Tower ownership tree →
See the full Tower brand portfolio (3) →
Other brands owned by Tower
Tower controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in finance & insurance.
Also in finance & insurance
Other brands in property & casualty insurance, and who owns them
The 55 brands in property & casualty insurance on Brandtree belong to 41 owners. The largest is AUB Group, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Austbrokers | AUB Group | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| nib Travel | nib | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Hastings | Sampo | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| HWS Specialty | Steadfast | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Allstate | Allstate | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Liberty Specialty Markets | Liberty Mutual | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Evanston Insurance | Markel Group | 🇺🇸 United States |
| QIC | Qatar Insurance Company | 🇶🇦 Qatar |
Every brand in property & casualty insurance and its owner →
About the owner: Tower
Tower is a publicly listed company headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand. Brandtree records 3 brands under its control, and it is listed as NZX: TWR and ASX: TWR.
Tower Limited's 2025 Annual Report says it is incorporated in New Zealand and listed on the NZX Main Board and the Australian Securities Exchange, with its registered office at 136 Fanshawe Street, Auckland. It reports New Zealand general insurance operations and subsidiaries in the Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and American Samoa, and says its Solomon Islands and Vanuatu operations were sold in the year to 30 September 2024.
🇳🇿 Tower Insurance and other New Zealand brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 75 brands that began in New Zealand. 19 of them (25%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Tower Insurance is not one of them.
- AA Insurance — Suncorp Group 🇦🇺
- NZbrokers — AUB Group 🇦🇺
- Air Chathams — Air Chathams 🇳🇿
- Air New Zealand — Air New Zealand 🇳🇿
- Anchor — Lactalis 🇫🇷
- Anchor Food Professionals — Fonterra 🇳🇿
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Tower Insurance?
The parent company of Tower Insurance is Tower, a publicly listed company headquartered in New Zealand.
Is Tower Insurance New Zealand?
Yes. Tower Insurance originated in New Zealand and its owner, Tower, is also headquartered in New Zealand.
Is Tower Insurance still owned by Tower?
Yes. As of 10 October 2026, Tower Insurance is still owned by Tower. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Tower Limited 2025 Annual Report — Tower Limited, Annual report; retrieved 10 October 2026.
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