Thursday, July 31, 2008

The £1BN Payoff

The Times reports that long suffering Norwich Union endowment policyholders have been offered £1BN of its with-profits fund.

Aviva, the owner of Norwich Union, will offer about 700,000 policyholders between £400 and £1,000 in exchange for foregoing their right to future bonus payments. A further 220,000 will receive up to about £3,500 and a handful of long-term investors will collect several thousand pounds more.

Clare Spottiswoode, the policyholder advocate, is well pleased and describes the result as a "triple-whammy winner" for the policyholders.

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