‘Open for Business’ was the theme of Norwich Union’s first open day for commercial brokers. Demonstrating its commitment to brokers and the commercial market, Norwich Union, the UK’s largest general insurer, held the open day to introduce brokers to Norwich Union staff, the full range of services and products and to build relationships.
'Open for Business' was the theme of Norwich Union's first open day for commercial brokers.
Demonstrating its commitment to brokers and the commercial market, Norwich Union, the UK's largest general insurer, held the open day to introduce brokers to Norwich Union staff, the full range of services and products and to build relationships.
Nick Barrett, Norwich Union's account manager in Ipswich for Intermediary Business explained: "We decided to bring together staff from all areas of Norwich Union to introduce them to local brokers, share information on the market and develop existing relationships. It proved to be a highly successful day, with more than 30 brokers attending."
Feedback from brokers on the day was very positive, particularly on meeting staff from around the company and seeing the full remit of business areas.
John Horsley from Cook Sheppard Pinhey said: "I found the open day useful and a good investment of time. In particular it was very helpful to meet one of the senior managers at Norwich Union and gain a valuable insight and reassurance of future strategy."
Representatives from all areas of Norwich Union - Intermediary business, Cambridge operations, rule-based commercial, GISC, total incident management, EDI, risk services and commercial fleet - attended the event, which was held in Ipswich.
Following on from the success of the open day, Norwich Union is looking at other regional areas to host similar events.
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Notes to editors:
- CGU plc and Norwich Union plc merged on 30 May 2000 to create CGNU plc, the UK's largest insurance group and one of the top-five insurers in Europe with substantial positions in other markets around the world, making it the world's sixth largest insurer based on gross worldwide premiums.
- CGNU's principal business activities are long-term savings, fund management and general insurance, with worldwide premium income and retail investment sales from ongoing business of over Ł27 billion and assets under management of more than Ł210 billion (correct as at February 2001)
- From October 2000, the combined life and pensions, general insurance and retail fund management businesses in the UK operate under the Norwich Union brand, while the institutional investment business operates under the Morley Fund Management brand.
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