Norwich Union

Norwich Union has launched The Future Adviser Programme, designed to attract graduates to pursue a career in financial advice at a time of great change in the industry.

After much talk of a generic industry-wide protection campaign it seems the ball has started rolling. Paul Robertson explains the what it hopes to achieve and how it may impact the industry.

Investors in Norwich Union's unit-linked property fund may have to wait up to six months to get access to their money, as tough market conditions force the group to temporarily defer settlements.

Final payouts on Norwich Union with-profits funds could be down up to 15% on last year although regular bonus rates have been held on conventional policies.

Final payouts on Norwich Union with-profits funds could be down up to 15% on last year, although regular bonus rates have been held on conventional policies.

Norwich Union (NU) is bidding to help plug a supposed adviser gap by attracting the next generation of IFAs to the industry.

Norwich Union (NU) has added 23 funds to selected pensions products while standardising its stakeholder fund range with each product sharing the same 55 funds.

Banco Santander has snubbed 1.8 million small shareholders in Britain, excluding them from taking part in its €7.2 billion (£6 billion) capital-raising, The Times says.

Origo is piloting new technology to support an industry standard secure e-mail service, designed to reduce compliance risk.

The number of claims declined for non-disclosure of medical information by Norwich Union has dropped to 1.5% in 2008, following a series of awareness raising initiatives.