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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Children as young as 11 are now actively shaping their online ‘personal brand’

Financial results

23 September 2011

Research by AXA has found that children as young as 11 are managing their ‘personal brand’ online.

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UK homes are worth over £135.5bn in tiny tech gadgets and jewellery

Product

19 September 2011

New research reveals that for the modern day burglar, each home contains a value of £17.68 per square metre of gadgets, which they can easily slip into their rucksack.

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Work experience ‘worth the equivalent of two A Levels’, say employers

Financial results

16 September 2011

As thousands of school-leavers start the hunt for jobs or head off to higher education, a study into employability has found that dream careers are served by experience, not just qualifications.

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Back seat learners – parents pass on lessons of aggressive driving, law-breaking and drink driving

Product

15 September 2011

Research from AXA provides evidence that the behaviour of today’s young drivers can at least in part be blamed on the way their parents behave behind the wheel.

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Ministry of Justice bans referral fees in personal injury cases

Financial results

9 September 2011

AXA welcomes the decision to ban the payment of referral fees in personal injury cases

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Thousands of motorists fall victim to ‘ghost brokers’ warns AXA

Product

20 August 2011

AXA, one of the UK’s largest car insurers, believes that up to twenty thousand motorists in the UK could be buying invalid car insurance through a rising number of bogus or "ghost" insurance brokers.

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Planking, owling, batting – the holiday crazes to be avoided warns AXA

Product

17 August 2011

AXA, the UK’s largest travel insurer, is warning holidaymakers that insurance claims for injuries caused by dangerous new crazes will be turned down as the company sees an increase in incidents.

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AXA UK interim results show strong growth and improved profitability

Financial results

4 August 2011

June 2011 interim results demonstrate that the strategic review implemented in the second half of 2010 to focus on wealth management, healthcare and general insurance is on track to deliver strong, profitable growth

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You have reached your destination – Brits guide burglars to rich pickings

Product

7 July 2011

AXA warns of dangers with SatNavs as 13 million British motorists provide burglars with their home address and over eight million leave their house keys to go with it.