Norwich Union News Articles

Cash gets the upper hand as investors go cold on equities - Published:13/12/07

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road danger from drivers out of practice - Published:12/12/07

Almost a million Britons with a heavy licence are out of do and have forgotten how to drive or allowed their skills to grow corroded, according to Churchill car insuranceOne in ten of all motorists stay two years or longer before driving again after...

More pension opt-out complaints - Published:08/12/07

The figure of complaints about opt-outs from the state second pension (S2P) blast up during the past financial yearAbout eight million populace are thought to have left the S2P or its precursor Serps at some time since opt-outs were first obtainable...

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Property Players Push the Panic Button - Published:07/12/07

Britain's largest possessions funds have just hit investors with a double whammy Not only have portfolio principles been slashed again, but some managers won't let you get your cash for a yearAnd fears are mounting that in trouble transaction levels...

post-test courses 'can reduce insurance premiums' - Published:06/12/07

Young drivers hoping to reduce the price of their car insurance are being advised to carry on improving their driving skills after they have passed their examinationAccording to one insurer, attending a post-test driving course can denote cheaper dr...

Equity release may be beneficial for asset rich, cash poor borrowers - Published:05/12/07

Bankruptcy is "becoming more and more palatable" to those in serious debt, according to Thomas CharlesThree-quarters of populace in the UK do not understand how a one per cent dissimilarity in mortgage tax would affect their loan, according to new r...

Liquidity question hangs over leading property funds - Published:04/12/07

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Equity release shrugs off poor reputation - Published:20/11/07

Equity release - where big homeowners unlock money from their property, often to boost a meagre retirement fund - has a bad namecensus: Equity-rich, cash-poor pensioners are increasingly cashing in on the value of their home If you are, what option ...

Enhance Your Pension Income By 25% - Published:18/10/07

As a solution for providing us with an income in retirement, life annuities are far from perfect Annuity rates have crumbled in recent existence and the prospects for a reversing trend don't look good But the fact leftovers for the vast bulk an annu...

Fool News: Flood Households Could Be Refused Cover - Published:17/10/07

Homeowners livelihood in flood-prone areas may not be able to protect themselves against such disasters in the prospect, insurers have warnedFollowing the Pre-Budget account , The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has attacked the government for...

Direct Line praised in online home insurance survey - Published:11/09/07

Customer knowledge analyst Global Reviews has revealed the best performers in the online home cover marketThe best all-round website was deemed to be straight Line, followed by Norwich Union and Tesco FinanceOnline providers were used by 66 per cent...

NU endowment customers still suffer - Published:10/09/07

Around 90% of mortgage endowment customers at Norwich Union are still at risk of falling small on their home loan despite healthy with-profits presentation, the insurer said todayThis is Money has been named Financial Website of the day in recogniti...

Norwich Union building insurance covers wet pets - Published:05/09/07

In good news for pet owners whose house is at danger from floods, Norwich Union building insurance will cover the temporary relocation of the animal, should the worst happenA representative from Norwich Union said that people who have buildings cove...

Endowment Pay-outs Will Continue To Fall - Published:04/09/07

Endowment policies have misplaced almost all credibility and financial advisers have lost confidence in them as savings With-profits policies are now forecast to give worsening returns for the next fifteen years Some policies are projected to disbur...

Norwich Union not issuing 'punitive' insurance premiums - Published:03/09/07

Customers will not be confident to drive less responsibly if they are not penalised through higher premiums from their cover company, Norwich Union has saidAccording to David Ross, a representative for the group, the insurer was ignoring the idea th...

The great endowment lottery - Published:31/08/07

Four years of floating stock markets have done little to get better the chances of millions of endowments paying out enough to clear the mortgages they were bought to covercensus: Should financial armed forces bosses be forced to give up bonuses to ...

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Should you switch equity release? - Published:22/05/07

Elderly borrowers who signed up to fixed-rate evenhandedness release deals in the late 1990s or near the beginning 2000s could save their brood - or the other beneficiaries of their wills - tens of thousands of pounds by switching to cheaper loansli...

Leeds bond 'guarantees income return' - Published:20/04/07

Leeds Building Society has launched a high interest tie which guarantees a return of consumers' income at the finish of the termThe Leeds bond will be alienated between the Leeds option bond and Norwich Union's collection, with a weighting of 40 and...

Is equity release a good move? - Published:13/03/07

Betty and Ted Trowbridge love their house on the Isle of Wight The pair retired there 20 years ago after running a pub for many existence in Oxfordshire Now Betty, 74, and Ted, 83, are keen to carry out house improvements and improve their carThey a...

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Top ten property reports: February - Published:07/03/07

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Betting on Norwich Union - Published:20/02/07

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Are you in endowment freefall? - Published:16/02/07

Endowment payouts are still falling even though store markets have soared for the past four existenceNumber crunching actuaries warn there is worse to come and payouts could carry on to fall for the next 15 yearsThe prediction will mean further mise...

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Windfalls at NU 'not for sharing' - Published:15/02/07

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Top ten property reports - Published:08/02/07

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I deserve Norwich Union cash - Published:07/02/07

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Norwich Union: Wet conditions worse for accidents - Published:30/01/07

Perhaps unsurprisingly, accidents that occur in damp conditions on Britain's roads cost more than those that take place when the climate is rain-free, according to Norwich UnionThe average cost of damp weather accidents is 27 per cent more than dry ...

The without-profits funds - Published:18/01/07

Anyone still clutching a mortgage endowment might have hoped that payouts would start increasing again, especially as the stock marketplace has been rising with scarcely a pause for almost four yearsSo they will have been sadly disappointed by figur...

Windfall blow for long-termers - Published:15/01/07

Long-standing Norwich Union policyholders may take delivery of smaller windfalls than those who bought tactics more recently, if the proposed distribution of the insurer's £4bn of inherited estate - the extra in its with-profits finance - goes ahead...

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Norwich Union: Insurance industry must raise prices - Published:20/12/06

next a decision by Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance to raise its interest rates, a spokesperson for Norwich Union has said that the insurance industry is losing cash and as a result must raise premiumsSince September, have an account of Scotland has...

Equity release a costly choice - Published:19/12/06

A generation of retired possessions owners risks losing out through signing up to expensive even-handedness release schemes that allow them to withdraw cash from their homesWhat will happen to house prices in 2007 understand writing the house prices...

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