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The Financial Services Authority has issued a stark warning to the financial services sector about the risks and challenges posed by global warming and climate change.
31 January 2007
Insurance firm Norwich Union is bringing 150 call centre jobs outsourced to its offshore centres in India back home to Britain.
29 January 2007
Norwich Union says its 'pay as you drive' insurance scheme, which requires a telematics black box to be fitted to the car, is now available to purchase online.
23 January 2007
More Th>n, the direct financial services arm of UK insurer Royal & SunAlliance, is introducing a personalised call centre service where each customer will be assigned their own service manager.
22 January 2007
Norwich Union has launched its 'pay as you drive' insurance scheme, which requires a telematics black box to be fitted to the car, to UK motorists.
05 October 2006
Insurance group Aviva is cutting 4000 jobs at its Norwich Union business in the UK by 2008, of which 500 IT roles will be outsourced to third party suppliers and 1000 jobs will be shifted to offshore centres in India.
14 September 2006
UK Internet-only insurance firm swiftcover.com is launching a text quotation service for prospective motor insurance customers.
13 September 2006
Over a quarter of UK drivers (27%) would refuse to have a 'black box' tracking device fitted to their cars, even if it dramatically reduced the cost of their insurance, according to research released by personal finance site moneysupermarket.com.
12 September 2006
Norwich Union is to launch a new no-frills online motor insurance service under the brand name Simple Cover.
30 August 2006
Insurance group Prudential says it is outsourcing its customer sales and services operations in Belfast to BPO firm Capita instead of shifting the work to India and other parts of the UK.
17 August 2006
Bisys, a New York provider of back office services to financial institutions, is warning that its fiscal year 2007 earnings will be "substantially below" expectations and says it has hired an investment bank to advise it on "strategic alternatives".
11 August 2006
UK insurance group Prudential says its Internet banking operation Egg has posted an operating loss of £39 million for the six months to the end of June, compared to a profit of £15m for the first half of 2005.
28 July 2006
UK insurer Norwich Union is teaming with electronic auction house eBay to establish an online insurance centre that will provide eBay customers with information and quotes on motor, home and travel insurance.
Benelux-based Fortis Bank says its UK insurance subsidiary has acquired a majority shareholding in Text2Insure, a British firm that provides a mobile service that enables customers to receive quotes and buy policies using SMS text messages.
27 July 2006
Insurance firm Norwich Union is closing down its customer call centre in Liverpool, leading to the loss of 321 jobs, and is shifting the work to other sites in the UK and to its offshore operations in India.
25 July 2006
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