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Bound of Use

By accessing Tower Insurance (Fiji) Limited (Tower) website, www.towerinsurance.com.fj, you agree that the following terms and conditions (Terms) apply to your use of the site and all information, products, services, and applications provided or offered by or through that website (collectively, Website). If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not continue to access or use any part of the Website. We may change or update the content of the Website, including these Terms, at any time without prior notice. In these terms, all references to ‘we’, ‘us’, ‘our’ and ‘Tower’ are references to Tower  Insurance (Fiji) Limited. These Terms are in addition to, and do not replace, any specific terms, conditions and underwriting criteria applicable to any Tower product, service, application, marketing and/or promotion provided or offered on the Website.

Use of the Website

You are granted a non-exclusive license to access the Website and the information it contains. By accessing the Website you agree not to use the Website for any commercial or competitive advantage; any illegal, defamatory or objectionable purpose; or any purpose which brings or could bring Tower’s reputation into disrepute. You also agree not to decompile, reverse engineer or try to decompile or reverse engineer any part of the Website, including the secure sites. Anyone found breaching the user rights will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

General Disclaimer

Except as otherwise specified, the information contained on the Website is of a general nature only and does not take into account any individual’s particular circumstances (whether financial, medical or otherwise). While we try to ensure that the content of the Website is up to date and free from error, we do not give any guarantee or other assurance of the currency of any information on the Website or its accuracy, adequacy, completeness or suitability for your intended use. The Website is not intended to provide a substitute for comprehensive or specific professional advice. You should not act in reliance upon any information contained on the Website without first obtaining professional, independent advice relevant to your individual circumstances. By accessing the Website, you confirm you have taken such advice or decided against it.

Accuracy of Information

Information provided on the Website is provided in good faith and is derived from sources believed to be reliable and accurate. However, certain information may be selective, and Tower advises that it may not be complete for the purposes of any individual or company.

Liability

To the fullest extent legally possible, neither Tower Insurance (Fiji) Limited nor any of its related companies, or their directors, employees, agents, independent contractors, nor any other person, accepts any liability or responsibility for any loss, damage, cost or expense (including but not limited to financial loss, loss of revenue, loss of profits or savings, indirect or consequential losses) arising in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, that may result from any error, omission or misrepresentation on the Website or reliance on information contained on the Website or from any use of or access to the Website, nor do they guarantee the performance of any fund or other investment contained or referred to on the Website. Tower makes no representation or warranty about the accuracy or completeness of information and accepts no liability or responsibility in respect of errors in or omissions from information contained on the Website, to the extent permitted by law. To the fullest extent legally possible, we exclude every warranty, representation and condition of any kind that might otherwise apply in relation to the Website, its content and functions including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. The inclusion of any products or services on the Website at a particular time does not imply or warrant that these products or services will be available at any time.

Links

In providing a quote, Tower may access a third party data service to help facilitate the quotation and purchase process. Tower makes no representation or warranty as to the quality of any of those services or their suitability to your circumstances. It is your responsibility to validate any data that is populated on your behalf. This Website uses Auto Information Ltd (Red Book) data for vehicle values. Red Book has prepared this data and valuations from information gathered from a variety of sources. You acknowledge that whilst all care is taken in producing the data and valuations, Red Book cannot guarantee or make any representations regarding the use of, or reliance, on it. Red Book is not responsible for all the information provided via the Website and you should not rely on the data or valuations without making your own independent assessment of the vehicle and other sources of information. Neither we nor Red Book are liable for any loss or damages (other than in respect of any liability which may not lawfully be excluded) relating to your use of, or reliance on, this valuation and data. From time to time the Website may contain links to other websites. These links are provided for convenience only, and do not represent any endorsement by Tower of the products or services offered by the site owner. Tower makes no representations and accepts no responsibility or liability in relation to the contents of any website linked to the Website that is not under the direct control of Tower.

Changes to Content

You may not do anything or permit anything to be done which may alter the Website or interfere with or affect its operation. This includes, without limitation, removing any information from the Website, adding any information to the Website, linking it to or from another website, distributing any part of the Website to any other person or copying any part of it for any commercial or illegal purpose. Any website providers wishing to link to the Website may formally request to do so by emailing us at info@towerinsurance.com.fj.

Viruses and Cookies

We do not guarantee that the Website or its content is free from viruses or any other harmful components or destructive materials. We accept no responsibility or liability in relation to any harm attributable to such destructive features. If you rely on any materials available through the Website, you do so at your own risk. Tower uses 'first party' and 'third party' (including, but not limited to, Google Analytics) cookies on the Website. First party and third party cookies help Tower understand how you engage with the Website and enhance your experience while visiting the Website. Cookies are small data files that a website host computer sends to a website user's computer to help it remember information you enter, by passing a unique ID between your computer and the Tower website that identifies you. The practice of holding sensitive data in cookies is avoided. You can choose to delete or change the settings of your cookies from your internet browser. You can disable Google Analytics on the Website by installing the following browser plug in: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. You can also access your Google Analytics data and/or delete it by visiting My Activity.

Site Access

Tower does not guarantee the continued availability of the Website or the continuation of services provided on it. Access to the Website and to any saved information may be interrupted, restricted, delayed or unavailable from time to time. Tower accepts no responsibility or liability in relation to any loss suffered in these circumstances.

Intellectual Property Rights

The information, images, screens, web pages, logos and brands on the Website and the general content of the Website (including all intellectual property rights in or relating thereto) are the property of Tower (or our licensors or suppliers, as the case may be), and Tower (or our licensors or suppliers, as the case may be) hold copyright in it. The information may not be copied or reused (other than as expressly intended by the Website) without the prior written consent of Tower. In particular, in no circumstances should the Tower brand or the Tower logo be used without the written consent of Tower.

Comments and complaints

If you would like to make any comments or complaints about the website or any information or services available on the website, please contact us. We will try to resolve any complaint as soon as possible.

Privacy Statement

At Tower we are committed to protecting your privacy and acting in accordance with the Privacy Act 2020 of New Zealand. This Privacy Statement sets out how we collect, hold, use and share your personal information. When we refer to "Tower", "we", "us", and "our" throughout the Privacy Statement, we are referring to Tower Limited and its related companies in Fiji and the Pacific. While the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020 and other local legislation do not apply to Fiji and the Pacific, its principle is still relevant. 

By providing your personal information or using our services, you agree to this Privacy Statement. If you provide information about any other person, then you must have authorisation from that person to do so. This Privacy Statement should be read in conjunction with terms and conditions you agree to when using or signing up to any of our products or services.

Collection of personal information

The personal information we collect may include (but is not limited to):

  • Full names
  • Date of birth
  • Gender
  • Phone numbers, IP addresses, email addresses and/or other contact details
  • Financial records, including bank and payment details
  • Asset details
  • Insurance cover details
  • Insurance history
  • Health information
  • Criminal history

This information is used for insurance related and marketing purposes. If you do not provide us with your personal information, we may not be able to provide insurance cover or process any future claims.

We collect bank details to facilitate the efficient and secure processing of refunds. This information allows us to directly deposit any funds you are entitled to under the terms of your policy, ensuring a swift and seamless payment experience. 

You need to ensure that all information you provide to us is current, complete and accurate, as outdated, incomplete information may result in being unable to provide insurance cover or process any future claims. If there are any changes, you should let us know immediately.

We may monitor and record communications with us, including calls, webchats, emails, and letters, for purposes such as validation, quality assurance and training purposes.

Where you provide us with personal information about any other person (for example when a policy is held in a joint or company name), you confirm that you have the authorisation of that person to give such information and to authorise the use, storage and disclosure of that information in accordance with this Privacy Statement.

Where you provide a joint or shared email address for your nominated email address, you agree that in relation to receiving marketing messages, only the individual account holder who has unsubscribed from receiving marketing messages will be removed from Tower’s marketing list and all other persons who share that joint email address will continue to receive marketing material from Tower addressed to them until they unsubscribe from receiving such messages.

If you do not wish to receive marketing information from Tower, you can let us know by clicking the unsubscribe link embedded in the footer of Tower marketing electronic messages or by emailing marketing@tower.co.nz.

Tower aims to protect privacy and manage any other sensitive information it may with utmost care. To support this, Tower minimises the collection and use of such information whenever possible.

Information we collect via our Website (cookies)

We may collect personal contact details from you when you use this Website. For example, if you sign up to receive promotional materials, or communications about services provided by us. To improve your experience when you use our Website and ensure that it is functioning effectively, we use cookies (small text files stored in a user's browser). Additional information on how we use cookies and other tracking technologies and how you can control these can be found in our Cookie Notice. 

How we collect your personal information

Where possible, we collect your personal information directly from you in person, in writing, over the phone through our agents, our website forms and/or by electronic messages, including by online services via other third parties.

In some circumstances, we may also collect your personal information from:

  • your representatives, such as your insurance broker or legal adviser, who act on your behalf and are authorised by you to deal with us;
  • other insurers, industry databases, Government agency databases;
  • publicly available sources such as the Internet;
  • when a member of the general public comes forward on their own accord when the information is unsolicited and may be relevant to a particular policy, service, or fraud investigation.

Use of personal information

You consent to us and the other parties referred to in the section titled “Disclosure of personal information” below collecting, holding and using your personal information for insurance related and marketing purposes. This may include:

  • providing products and services and managing our business;
  • assessing whether we can provide insurance cover and on what terms;
  • keeping you up to date with details of your insurance cover and our full range of services we offer;
  • informing you about any product or service changes;
  • improving our services, products and customer experience;
  • contacting you following the lapse or cancellation of your policy, or where a quote or application is not proceeded with;
  • training our employees, agents and representatives;
  • handling complaints, processing any claims you may make and taking recovery action;
  • running marketing and advertising campaigns including sharing and receiving information from Google and Facebook to help us identify and send or show you information, promotional offers and ads that may be of interest to you; 
  • conducting market and consumer research and statistical analysis.
  • exercising Tower's rights under any insurance policy, including but not limited to subrogation rights;
  • facilitating the sale or other disposition of a business or part of a business; and
  • meeting our legal obligations.

Disclosure of personal information

To be able to use your information in the ways that have been set out above, Tower may need to share your information with third parties. Tower will never share your information to third parties for any other purpose without your authorisation. 

We may share your information with other third parties where authorised by you such as:

  • our suppliers and service providers;
  • our advisers, auditors, brokers, distributors and agents;
  • medical and health service providers;
  • parties who we have business arrangements with and our referral partners;
  • reinsurers, financiers, other insurance companies;
  • insurance industry databases (including the Insurance Claims Register);
  • loss adjusters and assessors;
  • investigators and recovery agents;
  • companies that are affiliated with us;
  • government and law enforcement agencies, and any other parties as required by law;
  • parties who we have an interest in your insurance, or we consider appropriate to evaluate and administer any insurance and/or claims;
  • external dispute resolution organisations involved in the management and resolution of complaints. 

Your personal information may sometimes be transferred outside of Fiji to be managed and utilised by members of the Tower Limited Group or our related companies located in New Zealand. Tower will ensure that every reasonable step is taken to prevent unauthorised use or disclosure of this information.

Disclosure to overseas recipients

In order to provide our products and services or to manage our business activities, we may transfer, process and store your personal information in New Zealand and/or with third parties (such as data service providers) who may be located overseas. The countries in which these third-party providers are located will vary, but include Australia, Canada, United Kingdom and the United States of America.

We will use reasonable endeavours to ensure the third parties we disclose your personal information to outside New Zealand, are required to protect it in a way that provides comparable safeguards to those set out under New Zealand privacy law. 

Storage and security of personal information

Tower will take all reasonable steps to protect personal information from misuse, loss and unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. Tower holds personal information electronically and sometimes in a hard copy. The security of this information is very important to us, and this is why reasonable precautions are in place to secure data and transactions via the phone, email, My Tower and Tower's website.

Tower retains personal information only for as long as we have a lawful purpose to use it. Tower has established effective safeguards and protocols for appropriate and secure access, retention, and destruction of both physical and electronic records.

Tower utilises Microsoft Information Protection Framework to classify and protect your personal information. Protections may include encrypting emails and documents where appropriate, as well as applying other protections based on data sensitivity classification. 

My Tower

My Tower contains important information about your policy/policies and you are responsible for ensuring we have accurate information about you in respect of your insurance cover. Any information provided to Tower through My Tower will be deemed to have come from you and you are responsible for all activity that occurs in connection with your My Tower account.

When accessing My Tower, you must:

  1. ensure that all information which you provide to us is current, complete and accurate;
  2. comply with all applicable laws, regulations, standards and codes;
  3. maintain the confidentiality of any password you use to access My Tower and not share or transfer your password (or lend or otherwise transfer your use or access to My Tower) to any third party; and
  4. notify Tower of any actual or suspected unauthorised use of your password or any other breach of security or access related to your My Tower account. 

For the avoidance of doubt, in the event of any inconsistency between the content on My Tower and the terms and conditions of Tower's policies, the terms and conditions of our policies take precedence. 

We may suspend, discontinue or remove My Tower, or your access to My Tower, at any time we see fit. 

Legislation

Fiji Law

With the exception of parts of the Website, unless otherwise stated, the content of the Website has been prepared in accordance with Fiji law for the supply of products and services to persons resident in Fiji, only. Any offer of securities on the Website is only an offer to person resident in Fiji and is not available for subscription by any person not resident in Fiji. Unless otherwise stated, references to any currency are in Fijian dollars. 

The content of the Website, and these terms and conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with Fiji law and Fiji Courts have jurisdiction. These Terms are for the benefit of and are enforceable by us (or our licensors or suppliers, if applicable).

Security

In designing the Website, Tower has incorporated security procedures and practices that we consider are consistent with New Zealand and international industry practice. We review our security procedures from time to time and update these where relevant. Pages on the Website that require the mandatory entry of personal information and/or username and password are protected by encryption. The username, password and personal data are also encrypted when transmitted over the internet which prevents tampering of these details.

Contacting us and access to your personal information

You have the right to request access to, and correction of, the personal information we hold about you. To query or access your personal information, log in to My Tower.

To make changes by phone or online, Tower will need to verify that you are authorised to obtain and update personal information. You will need to satisfy the identification requirements to access or change information. 

If you have any questions or concerns in relation to this Privacy Statement or would like to make a personal information request, please contact our Privacy Officer via:

  • Email: Privacy@tower.co.nz;
  • Phone: 0800 808 808; or
  • Post: Tower Limited, PO Box 90347, Auckland 1142.

Statement Changes

We encourage you to review this Privacy Statement on regular basis as it may be amended periodically.

This policy was last updated in April 2025.

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