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Aviva slashes 1,100 jobs
News Norwich Union Life, part of Aviva, today confirmed that the majority of the losses will be in the areas of IT and business change.permanent roles will be cut by the end of 2009, but the insurer said that... [03 Apr 2009]
Aviva insures datacentre future with £700m deal
News Back in December, Aviva - known as Norwich Union in the UK until 1 June this year - awarded a four-year contract to Hitachi Data Systems to move business critical data onto its new primary datacentre in... [03 Mar 2009]
Green-lighted drivers pay less to drive
News Norwich Union tried using GPS tracking to offer pay-as-you go car insurance to its customers in 2006. Young drivers in Staffordshire will have their driving assessed by an in-car computer to earn... [10 Feb 2009]
Norwich Union shifts critical data
News Norwich Union has awarded a four-year contract to Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) to move business critical data to a new primary datacentre in Norwich. The data migration will take place... [04 Dec 2008]
Ditched pay-as-you-drive insurance set for revival?
News Insurance giant Norwich Union launched its Pay As You Drive insurance policy back in October 2006, paying for telematics boxes to be installed in customers' cars to collect data on when, where and how... [06 Oct 2008]
Regulators cracking down on outsourcers
Comment In December 2007 the FSA fined Norwich Union Life £1.26m for various shortcomings in information security and fraud prevention. As more financial services companies look to outsource core parts of their... [09 Sep 2008]
Aviva strikes $1bn BPO deal
News The world's fifth largest insurance group, owner of Norwich Union, struck an eight-year deal with Indian outsourcer WNS Global Services to run its business process outsourcing operations. Insurance giant... [11 Jul 2008]
Norwich Union considers IT outsourcing
News Norwich Union is considering outsourcing some of its IT infrastructure which could affect up to 400 IT staff next year. A spokesman for Norwich Union said: "We are at... [23 May 2008]
Aviva signs £300m comms deal
News The insurance company, which was formed from Norwich Union and GNU (itself the union of Commercial Union and General Accident) in 2002, will be using C&W for 72 separate... [13 May 2008]
HSBC loses 370,000 customers' details
News FSA has fined insurer Norwich Union £1.26m after its lack of controls enabled fraudsters to cash in £3.3m in polices. HSBC faces possible investigation by the UK's financial watchdog after admitting... [07 Apr 2008]
Data breaches: No more than normal
News The Financial Services Authority fined Norwich Union £1.26m in December for failing to manage customer-data adequately. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for Antivirus [18 Feb 2008]
Norwich Union goes Exstream to descramble customer documents
News Financial services heavyweight Norwich Union has implemented a document automation project to make its communications with customers more understandable. Norwich Union... [14 Jan 2008]
Norwich Union Life fined for data control 'weaknesses'
News The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined Norwich Union Life £1.26m for failing to manage customer data adequately, resulting in financial crimes such as identity theft being committed against its... [17 Dec 2007]
How Norwich Union computes pay-as-you-drive
Case Study As far back as 2003 word got out that insurer Norwich Union (NU) was working on a pay-as-you-drive (PAYD) in-car 'black box' device. Early suppliers emerged including IBM and Orange, for the telematics... [27 Nov 2007]
Norwich Union Targets Improved Storage Data Management and Year-on-Year Savings With a Cisco Storage Area Network
White Paper Norwich Union is the UK's largest insurer with a market share of around 14 per cent With a focus on insurance for individuals and small businesses, Norwich Union insures... [17 Nov 2007]
