Combined gross written premium (1999):
Combined gross written premium (1999):
£2,551m
Axa Insurance
Parent:
Axa Group
Year company established:
Axa's roots go back to 1903
UK head office:
One Aldgate
London
EC3N 6DU
tel: 020 7702 3109
fax: 020 7369 3909
website:
www.axa.co.uk
Company history:
Launched in January of 1998 as Axa Provincial Insurance following the global merger of the UAP and Axa Groups in 1997, the company changed it name to Axa Insurance in October 1998. The acquisition of the Guardian Royal Exchange Group by Sun Life Provincial Holdings in May 1999 saw the integration of the Guardian Insurance and Guardian Direct portfolios under the new Axa Insurance brand.
Now part of the Axa Group, Axa Insurance has attained a number three position in the UK general insurance market
Chief officer:
Andy Homer
Biography:
Andy Homer was born in Worcestershire and educated at St Chad's Grammar School, Wolverhampton and Becket Grammar School, Nottingham. He is a charted insurer and an alumnus of both the University of Philadelphia, Wharton School and Templeton College, Oxford. He supports West Bromwich Albion FC and Worcestershire Cricket Club. He was appointed chief executive of Axa Insurance in August 1998
UK branch offices:
20
UK staff:
5,309
UK general insurance agents:
15,000
Direct arm:
Axa Direct
Main classes of business:
private motor, property, warranty, liability, accident transit and motor fleet
Key general insurance personnel:
Mark Cliff, intermediary and commercial lines director
Lee Gladwell, personal lines director
Barry Smith, customer services director
Axa Corporate Solutions
Parent:
Axa Group
Year company established:
2000
UK head office:
140 Fenchurch Street
London
EC3M 6BL
tel: 0845 308 4536
fax: 0870 900 1783
website:
www.axa-corporatesolutions.com
Company history:
Axa Corporate Solutions was launched in September 2000. It comprises the former operations of Axa Re, Axa Global Risks and Axa Cessions worldwide. Employing approximately 2,300 staff around the world, Axa Corporate Solutions is headed by Jean-Marie Nessi and has its headquarters in Paris. Adrian Ballardie is the chief executive officer of the UK operation.
In addition to an expanding range of specialised and tailor-made covers, Axa Corporate Solutions will continue to underwrite all lines of business – both insurance and reinsurance – previously written by its component operations and targeting companies with a minimum turnover of £100m.
As one of nine operational units within the Axa Group, Axa Corporate Solutions is a single profit centre
Chief officer:
Adrian Ballardie, chief officer UK
Biography:
Adrian Ballardie graduated from the University of Nottingham in 1974, and is a chartered insurer. He has 26 years' experience of underwriting facultative reinsurance and treaty business, in the London market, most of which has been in the international non-marine property field.
From 1997-1998 he was general manager of Axa Re UK and was appointed chief executive officer from July 1998. He was appointed chief executive officer of the Axa Corporate Solutions UK operation in 2000
UK staff:
370
