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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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Father to son businesses undergo revival in the face of a precarious job market

Product

21 June 2017

AXA study finds young men are increasingly choosing to follow in the dad’s footsteps when choosing their occupation, with the building trades seeing a renaissance in father-to-son firms.

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Tradesmen lift the lid on cowboy customers

Product

31 May 2017

The crimes of cowboy builders are well publicised, but AXA’s latest study finds the rogue traders may well be out-numbered by rogue customers. Customers having a cavalier attitude towards tradesmen’s safety and wellbeing is common, as are attempts to belittle their expertise, but the worst behaviour would be considered serious workplace harassment in any other context.

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AXA brings greater focus to customer innovation with launch of new business unit

People

10 May 2017

AXA announces the appointment of Joyce Phillips as CEO of a new business unit dedicated to customer innovation and new business models. Phillips will also become a Member of the Management Committee of the AXA Group, effective May 10th.

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British people turn hobbies into money-spinners in record numbers

Product

5 May 2017

More than two million people have started their own business over the past three years: the most rapid rise in self-employment ever seen in the UK*. A new study from business insurer AXA reveals that far from just gliding smoothly from in-house to freelance, most actually start a business in a field unrelated to their previous jobs, increasingly drawing on their hobbies for inspiration.

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AXA Insurance begins transfer of historical liability book to RiverStone

News story

28 April 2017

AXA Insurance UK (“AXA”) has started the process of transferring its historical disease liability book of business to (re)insurer, RiverStone –Insurance (UK) (“RiverStone”).

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AXA joins a fourth* Government-funded autonomous vehicles project

Innovation

12 April 2017

AXA is the insurance lead in the CAPRI consortium which has just secured more than £4.2 million of funding from Innovate UK and the Centre for Connected & Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV). The project will deliver a pilot scheme that could pave the way for the use of connected and autonomous vehicles to move people around airports, hospitals, business parks, shopping and tourist centres.

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AXA and rradar set to disrupt delivery of legal advice with innovative machine learning app

Partnerships

9 March 2017

AXA Insurance has teamed up with legal experts rradar to launch a world first in legal and risk advice, powered by IBM Watson technology.

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Full year results 2016

Financial results

23 February 2017

Following the publication of the full year 2016 results for AXA Group, AXA UK and Ireland has announced another year of growth and profitability.

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Construction trades offer women excellent pay and prospects– so why are so few joining up?

Product

14 February 2017

The building trades maintain their position as the leading source of self-employment in the UK, counting for almost a million businesses*. AXA’s latest figures reveal they are still the best choice for a solid and growing income, but questions why numbers of women in the trades remain miniscule.