NU signed up by Barclays

The new products, marketed as ‘Simplified Life,' will be launched this week with customer promotions starting in September.

Gary Duggan, managing director for Consumer Lending and Insurance for Barclays said: "The Norwich Union partnership enables us to expand our protection offering to include life insurance - a product which is essential to many customers. We already have a strong relationship with Norwich Union in relation to our motor, travel and home insurance and we look forward to working with them in this area."