Newsroom

Welcome to the AXA UK Newsroom. Here you'll find press releases, downloadable resources and information on our public affairs activity and financial results.

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Two thirds of business managers don’t believe mental illness warrants time off work

Product

15 April 2015

Two thirds (69 per cent) of senior business managers and owners don’t believe that suffering from stress, anxiety or depression is a serious enough reason for employees to be off work, according to new research* from AXA PPP healthcare highlighting the stigma surrounding mental ill health in British businesses.

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Full year results 2014

Financial results

25 February 2015

AXA UK and Ireland earnings rise by 40% to £250 million - the 4th consecutive year of double digit earnings growth.

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AXA UK plc appoints Bruno Charlin as Chief Investment Officer

People

23 February 2015

AXA UK has appointed Bruno Charlin as Chief Investment Officer. He was previously COO of Group Investment & Group Head of Asset & Liability Management at AXA Group, a role he had held since 2010. Mr Charlin has been an AXA employee since 2003, holding senior roles in AXA France as head of the Asset & Liability Management function and as Chief Finance Officer at AXA Assicurazioni in Milan. Mr Charlin has nearly 30 years' experience of the financial services industry primarily focused on risk functions and investment.

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AXA’s Great Global Adventure offers university students and recent graduates a gap year of a lifetime worth up to €30,000

Financial results

20 February 2015

AXA is using gaming technology as part of its drive to encourage more graduates to consider a career in the insurance and asset management sector, using its Great Global Adventure, an online game that offers winners an all-expenses paid ‘gap year of a lifetime’ worth up to €30,000.

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UK’s high street targeted by claims management companies as they seek to profit from Employers’ and Public Liability claims

Product

18 February 2015

Public Liability claims made against SME retailers more than doubled between 2009 and 2014, whilst Employers’ Liability claims nearly doubled over the same period, according to data from AXA.

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AXA Wealth to offer access to income guarantees - the security of an annuity but with the flexibility of drawdown

Product

17 February 2015

In the run up to April’s retirement reforms, AXA Wealth is leveraging the expertise of the AXA Group to offer advisers and clients access to a guaranteed minimum retirement income through AXA Life Invest’s Secure Advantage+ product.

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AXA’s Manchester Branch takes up residence in the heart of the city’s financial district with lease of iconic 82 King Street

People

30 January 2015

AXA Commercial Lines and Personal Intermediary is to relocate its Manchester branch to the prestigious 82 King Street building in the heart of the city’s financial district.

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Fraudster receives six month suspended sentence and criminal record for attempting to defraud AXA in £200,000 personal injury scam

Community

20 January 2015

A construction worker who attempted to a claim approximately £200,000 from AXA in a personal injury scam has pleaded guilty to Contempt of Court and received a six month jail term, suspended for two years.

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AXA signs £20m deal with Cherish Insurance Brokers as strategic push into non-standard market continues

Partnerships

23 December 2014

AXA Commercial Lines and Personal Intermediary has renewed a long-standing relationship with Essex-based Cherish Insurance Brokers, striking a deal to maintain its role as exclusive underwriter on a range of the broker’s personal lines products.