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Norwich Union Norwich Union is considering plans to shed up to 200 of the 1,000 jobs at its insurance operations in York by 2010, in order to improve the efficiency of the finance department. 14-Oct-2008 Norwich Union has confirmed plans to shed 500 administration jobs in York, in order to outsource 200 jobs to International Financial Data Services in Basildon and 300 jobs to Scottish Friendly in Glasgow. 30-Jul-2008 Norwich Union is considering plans to shed up to 400 jobs at offices in Norwich, Bristol and York, as negotiations are taking place to outsource its IT infrastructure operations. 26-May-2008 Aviva is planning to drop the Norwich Union name over the next two years, in order to unify its insurance operations under the Aviva brand. 30-Apr-2008 Norwich Union is to close the Pinebanks sports and leisure complex in Norwich in September, with the loss of 20 jobs, and similar sites will also close in Worthing and Perth. 01-Feb-2008 Aviva has announced proposals to cut costs in its UK insurance business by £300m over the next two years, which could lead to the loss of thousands more jobs at Norwich Union. 18-Oct-2007 Norwich Union is to shed about 300 jobs at its IT operations in Norwich and a further 85 in Perth, although some staff will be redeployed in other Aviva group businesses. 11-Oct-2007 Norwich Union is planning to shed 140 of the 430 jobs at its marketing operations in Norwich, London, Perth and Bristol early next year. 02-Oct-2007 Norwich Union has announced plans to relocate a further 1,100 staff from the centre of Norwich to two new offices being built on the Broadland Business Park next year. 29-Mar-2007 Norwich Union is to outsource the administration of life and pension policies to Swiss Re, with the transfer of about 1,000 staff at sites in Norwich and Stevenage. 08-Mar-2007 Norwich Union is to close the Harrogate-based IT operation of its HPI vehicle information business by August, with the loss of about 40 jobs. 01-Feb-2007 Norwich Union is transferring 150 call centre jobs from India to Norwich, in order to receive calls from customers making their initial insurance claim. 30-Jan-2007 Hertfordshire County Council is considering plans to relocate 1,500 staff to a 155,000 sq ft Norwich Union office in Stevenage by 2008, and Norwich Union will relocate its staff to an adjacent site. 16-Oct-2006 Aviva is to shed 4,000 jobs from its Norwich Union insurance business by 2008, affecting sites in Belfast, Glasgow, Stevenage, Norwich and Cambridge, in order to transfer work to India and outsource its IT operation. 15-Sep-2006 Norwich Union is to close an insurance call centre in Bristol in November, with the loss of 120 jobs, in order to transfer the work to Birmingham and Leeds. 18-May-2006 Norwich Union is planning to shed an unspecified number of its 1,560 support services staff in Norwich and York. 12-Jan-2006 Norwich Union is to close two call centres next year with the loss of 210 jobs in Darlington and 120 jobs in Morecambe, in order to transfer some of its RAC insurance work to sites in Norwich and Bristol. 16-Aug-2005 Norwich Union is to create 200 jobs at its call centre in Perth, in order to service customers who have bought insurance policies through Asda. 26-Nov-2004 Norwich Union has announced plans to relocate more than 1,000 staff from a number of sites in Norwich to two new office blocks on the Broadland Business Park in 2006. 17-Nov-2004 Williams Lea has won a £225m document outsourcing contract from Norwich Union, which will involve the transfer of 500 staff. 20-Oct-2004 Norwich Union is to transfer 950 administration jobs to India and Sri Lanka during 2005, which is expected to involve 70 compulsory redundancies in Norwich and 60 in York. 23-Sep-2004 Norwich Union has acquired HPI, the Salisbury-based provider of vehicle status checking services, for £120m. 17-Aug-2004 Aviva is to shed 700 jobs at its Norwich Union life insurance offices in Norwich, York, Stevenage, Bristol and Croydon, and is looking to outsource half of its business services operation. 10-Jun-2004 Norwich Union is to invest £90m in the refurbishment of its Norwich offices over the next four years, including the creation of a new site on the Broadland Business Park. 01-Jun-2004 Norwich Union is considering plans to outsource its document and printing services to Williams Lea, with the transfer of about 111 jobs in Perth. 22-Apr-2004 Norwich Union has acquired Oneswoop.com, the London-based online and telephone car sales company with 20 staff. 13-Apr-2004 Hill House Hammond, the Bristol-based insurance intermediary with 230 branches, is to close with the loss of 1,200 jobs, while a further 400 staff will be redeployed by parent company Norwich Union. 06-Feb-2004 Loans.co.uk is to recruit about 200 staff from Norwich Union offices in Preston and Watford, which will lessen the impact of Norwich Union's plans to transfer jobs to India. 07-Jan-2004 Aviva is to shed 2,350 jobs in its Norwich Union insurance business, in order to transfer call centre and back office work from the UK to India. 03-Dec-2003 Norwich Union is to expand its main Regent House office in Leicester and relocate 35 insurance staff from Charles Street. 25-Aug-2003 Aviva has announced plans to shed 900 jobs in its Norwich Union insurance business, including 300 in Norwich, 280 in Cheadle, 60 in Perth, 40 in Worthing and the rest at other undisclosed offices. 16-Jul-2003 Norwich Union is to shed 50 senior management jobs, including 34 at its Norwich headquarters. 09-Jul-2003 Norwich Union is to relocate up to 230 jobs from Norwich to London, having decided to combine the administrative support for its asset management business with that of CGU. 19-May-2000 Norwich Union PPP is to fund the development of a new £4m NHS health centre in Dudley, providing dental services, family planning, home care and social work. 01-Mar-2000 CGU and Norwich Union are planning a £18bn merger to create a leading supplier of general insurance, life and pensions, and up to 4,000 job losses are expected to follow. 21-Feb-2000 Norwich Union is to fund a £12m project by the Grange Hotel Group to transform the former Honeywell House office building in Bracknell into a 120-bedroom hotel. 17-Jan-2000 Norwich Union has sold its marine insurance portfolio to St Paul Syndicate Management for undisclosed terms. 09-Dec-1999 Norwich Union is in discussions with Caixa Catalunya in an attempt to gain management control and a substantial stake in the Spanish savings bank. 29-Oct-1999 Norwich Union has won approval to set up a life assurance company in Poland. 16-Oct-1999 Norwich Union is in negotiations to acquire the general insurance activities of Royal London, which could lead to the loss of up to 130 jobs at Royal London's head office. 12-Aug-1999 Norwich Union is planning to build a hotel, leisure facilities, shops and offices, on the site of the Norwich bus station. 06-Aug-1999 Norwich Union has bought nine hotels from Hilton for £69m, and Jarvis Hotels has been awarded the operating leases. 31-Jul-1999 Norwich Union is to acquire the Spanish insurance business British Life from Scottish Provident for undisclosed terms. 27-Jul-1999 Norwich Union Investment Management is forming a joint venture with Milner Estates to exploit the value of shopping centres, and will start with the acquisition of five centres from Norwich Union. 19-Jul-1999 Norwich Union has acquired Paladin Australia, the property fund manager, for undisclosed terms, and is now seeking further acquisitions in the Australian savings and pension market. 24-Jun-1999 Norwich Union is to invest £100m in a joint venture with the Mill Group in order to participate in private finance initiative projects, and its first contract is to provide a primary care facility for Bradford Community NHS Trust. 12-May-1999 Norwich Union has launched a new health insurance product called Fair and Square that allows customers to choose between private and NHS treatment. 02-Mar-1999 Norwich Union has won approval to set up a pension company in Poland. 07-Jan-1999 Norwich Union is to acquire London & Edinburgh Insurance Group from Hartford International Financial Services for £315m, which will result in about 600 jobs losses including 230 at L&E's office in Worthing. 28-Oct-1998 Norwich Union is acquiring Portfolio Partners, the Australian fund manager, for an undisclosed sum thought to be about £47m. 10-Sep-1998 Norwich Union is planning to step up its acquisitions programme, and is keen to expand in UK life and pensions as well as in European countries such as Spain and Ireland. 09-Sep-1998 Norwich Union is considering plans to bid for Hospital Savings Association, the provider of healthcare cash plans that is facing a rival £200m bid from Bradford & Bingley. 24-Aug-1998 Ford is to link up with Norwich Union to turn its showrooms into one-stop shops for purchasing vehicles, tax and insurance. 15-Aug-1998 Norwich Union is said to be planning to set up its own bank in October, following in the footsteps of a number of other insurance companies. 05-Jun-1998 Norwich Union Healthcare is linking up with Medicentres to offer an innovative insurance product called GP First, which will cover services provided by family doctors. 18-May-1998 Norwich Union is selling its Maritime Insurance business to CNA Financial Corp of Chicago for £56m. 08-Apr-1998 Royal & Sun Alliance is acquiring the New Zealand life assurance and investment operation of Norwich Union for £54m, which will enable it to cut costs and improve distribution in the Pacific Rim region. 07-Mar-1998 Norwich Union has acquired Premium Search, the telephone-based motor and household insurance broker, for £17m. 09-Dec-1997 Norwich Union Healthcare is linking up with Sinclair Montrose to offer insurance products based on Sinclair's GP surgeries, a move which will see NUH acquire a 6% stake in Sinclair at a cost of £2m. 07-Oct-1997 Norwich Union has extended its contract with Barclays, and will be Barclays' preferred supplier of personal general insurance products for a further five and a half years. 08-Jul-1997 Norwich Union, the life insurer, has revealed that its flotation will take place on June 16, and it is expected to be worth about £5bn. 07-May-1997 Norwich Union plans to raise £2bn in a stock market flotation next year, making it the first UK life assurer to give up mutual ownership. 03-Oct-1996 Cornhill Insurance is acquiring Ajax, the engineering inspection and insurance company, from Norwich Union for undisclosed terms. 21-Aug-1996 Norwich Union Healthcare is linking up with Abbey National to sell private medical insurance. 27-Jun-1996 Norwich Union has won a deal to provide household insurance products to Barclays Insurance Services. 27-Mar-1996 Shepherd has won a design and construct contract for Norwich Union's new Leeds office, worth £13.6m. 27-Oct-1995 Norwich Union may be floated in 1997, enabling it to start making acquisitions. 14-Oct-1995 More from the Financial Services sector Related pages: Royal Bank of Scotland Fidelity International HSBC Stroud & Swindon Building Society Amlin Norwich Union website: www.norwichunion.co.uk The information on this page comes from the UK Activity Report. 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