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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Only half of Britain’s young people are excited about the London Olympics but staging them is making more kids want to get involved in sport

Financial results

21 June 2011

New research shows that Britain’s young people are being inspired to take up sport by the prospect of the Olympics coming to London.

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Why Britain’s hunt for a new tennis hero needs a magic ingredient... excitement

Financial results

15 June 2011

British tennis will struggle to find new champions until schools and communities make the game exciting and accessible, an AXA study into young people’s ambitions has concluded.

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Reform School to sort out Britain’s disrespectful drivers

Product

9 June 2011

AXA motor insurance launches campaign to tackle the lack of courteous driving in the UK and tackle unsafe driving face-on.

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Need help from your neighbours? Think again, unless you’re a women that is

Product

2 June 2011

It seems old fashioned neighbourhood courtesy is becoming a thing of the past, according to new research by AXA.

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Forget road rage – good manners on the road can improve the journey for everyone

Product

1 June 2011

According to figures from our recent AXA car insurance survey, screeching horns and angry hand gestures could be just an ordinary drive on the roads of many British cities!

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Ambitious, focused and competitive – research reveals how Spain’s youngsters get the winning spirit

Financial results

23 May 2011

Spanish children have a blend of sporting focus, competitiveness and ambition that puts their counterparts from the United Kingdom into the shade according to a new international study

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"We don’t believe we can succeed", say British young people

Financial results

30 March 2011

A new international study has found that, while young people in the UK are more ambitious than many of their European counterparts, they need a boost to their self-belief and determination to turn that ambition into success.

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Stop Start Drivers – the growing threat on UK’s roads

Product

19 March 2011

A new study suggests that there is a new sub-class of 1.5 million young drivers who are a potential hazard to themselves and others on the road.

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‘Going Underground’ buries the opposition as top track for funerals

Newsroom

19 January 2011

Research reveals that while men opt for comical 'Going Underground' as the song to play at their funeral, women chose Dirty Dancing's 'I've had the time of my life'.