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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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
"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.
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.
‘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'.