Awards honour top insurers

Tower Insurance has won Canstar’s inaugural Car Insurer of the Year Award as well as scooping a gong for outstanding value.

The top award is based on the analysis of Canstar’s rating team, which considers cost and features, along with feedback from customers, while the outstanding value award is judged on price and features.

Across the two awards, Tower was found by the Canstar team to offer a “high level of cover” for a “competitive premium”. Customers had also reported high levels of satisfaction around value for money, ease of claim and comprehensiveness of cover.

Trade Me and AMP Wealth Management also landed outstanding value awards to recognise their “excellence in the field”.

Jose George, pictured, Canstar New Zealand general manager, says the annual awards have been created to recognise outstanding value in an industry where consumers are sometimes reluctant to buy.

“Tower proved itself an absolute standout in the industry,” he adds. “Its customers are very happy with every aspect of the insurance, and the Tower team should be very proud of what it has achieved.”