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Norwich Union Targets Improved Storage Data Management and Year-on-Year Savings With a Cisco Storage Area Network
White Papers 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 one in five households, one in seven motor vehicles, and around 800,000...
[November 17, 2007, 0:00]
Norwich Union Life fined £1.26m for data loss
News The Financial Services Authority 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 customers.
[December 17, 2007, 12:31]
Norwich Union acts on offshoring security concerns
News Norwich Union has tightened up security at its Indian call centres, following a review of its offshore operations. Out of its total workforce of 30,000, Norwich Union currently employs around 5,000 staff in India.
[March 27, 2007, 10:31]
Norwich Union moves 2,500 jobs to India
News Norwich Union is to send 2,500 jobs offshore to India next year, in a move that could lead to the loss of hundreds of IT jobs at the insurance firm. Aviva, which trades in the UK as Norwich Union, said 2,000 'back office' administration, processing...
[December 3, 2003, 10:25]
Norwich Union moves 2,500 jobs to India
Talkback I have a few shares in Norwich Union from when the floated on the stock market, about £200 worth,not much i know but still i wasnt consulted,or given a ballot on outsourcing. I will be selling my shares and cancelling all my policies with the company.
[December 6, 2003, 23:06]
Norwich University Consolidates Data Center and Storage, Gains Nearly $1.2 Million in Benefits With Complete HP Solution
White Papers Norwich University wanted to consolidate its data center, increase and virtualize available storage, provide for off-site server/storage management, and provide robust, redundant and reliable access to computing resources 24 hours a day, seven...
[September 11, 2007, 1:00]
Norwich Union moves 2,500 jobs to India
Talkback Offshoring is inevitable, and has been sign-posted for some time. In the same way that the manufacturing industries lost people in the 70s/80s, white collar professions like IT will loose people today.
[January 5, 2004, 20:46]
Norwich Union moves 2,500 jobs to India
Talkback I strongly believe this is a very bad thing. From all of my dealings with companies who outsource to offshore companies I have found the quality of service has dropped to unacceptable levels. As such I won't be renewing any of my insurance policies...
[December 3, 2003, 12:45]
Norwich Union moves 2,500 jobs to India
Talkback Yet another big corp starts pulling out of the UK to give their shareholders an extra 1p per share. The shocking side of the Global economy. I hope that NU customers rethink their allegence & move their business elsewhere.
[December 3, 2003, 10:46]
Blackberrys...one email a day keeps the doctor at bay
Blog Comment There is no escape, but it's worth pointing out that if anywhere needs it, it's Norwich - with no through roads, the only reason you'd be in Norwich is if you intended to drive in (luckily it has exit routes too :) ) It's no coincidence that it...
[November 21, 2006, 14:08]
NTL increases broadband coverage
News People in Norwich and Great Yarmouth can now sign up for broadband via NTL's cable network. The company is also hoping to encourage Norwich and Great Yarmouth residents to get broadband by providing free installation and a Webcam to anyone who...
[January 6, 2003, 10:36]
UK's 'biggest' muni Wi-Fi network goes live
News Norwich and its surrounding areas have become home to the UK's largest free community wireless network, Norfolk Open Link. The central network covers most of Norwich city centre - to a 4km radius around County Hall - as well as local universities...
[August 1, 2006, 17:20]
Action is most certainly a good thing!
Talkback Well done to Norwich Union for taking measures to improve their security - although procedures should have been watertight in the first place! Norwich Union are realising this. Security breaches occur when a more lackadaisical approach is taken to...
[March 28, 2007, 12:14]
IT governance: Where technology and finance part
Talkback I work for Norwich Union Life (An Aviva Company), currently responsible for re-developing governance. Cheers, Paul paul.thomas@norwich-union-life.co.uk Has anyone seen the output from HP's recent round-table discussions (as mentioned in Eugene's...
[August 12, 2003, 16:05]
UK Tech Week: E-mail gossip could land you in court
News Citing the recent case where £450,000 was awarded to Western Provident after a court ruled that internal mail at Norwich Union contained 'false and defamatory allegations' against its competitor, Bynoe warns that the libel laws in the UK 'are much...
[October 8, 1998, 8:48]
The Mailroom - Click here to look at this week's letters
News The Norwich Union employees probably thought that their communications were private, and they were precisely what cost their employers the best part of £500,000 in damages. But the lesson of the Norwich Union case is that no employee should assume...
[October 9, 1998, 12:40]
Norfolk enchants with free Wi-Fi
Leader Now the UK has its own innovative scheme, in the unlikely setting of Norwich. As we reported yesterday, the Norfolk Open Link is bringing free wireless access to the businesses and individuals around Norwich.
[August 2, 2006, 14:30]
Big Brother Awards highlight digital privacy threats
News Alongside the NCIS as winners of Big Brother Awards were the Norwich Union, which won the Most Invasive Company award for using unapproved genetic tests for potentially fatal diseases when assessing whether to offer life insurance cover to people.
[March 5, 2002, 12:12]
Net banking trial gains high returns
News The Norwich and Peterborough building society can be contacted by telephone on 01733-371371. Building society staff used the Internet to carry out basic banking tasks such as checking the balance, paying bills and ordering statements, in order to...
[October 3, 1996, 11:01]
Forms-based Applications & the Web 2.0 ‘Human’ Factor
Blog In short, Norwich Union (soon to be renamed Aviva) and I have a very close relationship after the hours (plural) I spent on the phone to Bangalore (soon to be renamed Bengaluru) getting my wife (recently renamed Mrs Bridgwater) some insurance...
[February 20, 2009, 8:07]
