Top 10 accident and health insurers

1 BUPA
Gross written premiums (2000): £1,067.5m
Address:
Bupa House
15-19 Bloomsbury Way
London, WC1A 2BA
Tel: 020 7656 2000
Fax: 020 7656 2705
Website: www.bupa.com
Profile: BUPA began in 1947 as The British United Provident Association and it has nearly four million members in 190 countries worldwide.

2. AXA
Gross written premiums (2000): £774.5m
Address:
Phillips House
Crescent Road
Tunbridge Wells
Kent
TN1 2PL
Tel: 01892 512345
Website: www.ppphealthcare.co.uk
Profile: Part of Axa Group, PPP was founded in England in 1940, with the active support of the medical royal colleges, the British Medical Association and the King's Fund to set up a health insurance scheme for people in London. It serves around 2.5 million customers.

On 10th May 1999 Sun Life and Provincial Holdings (SLPH), the UK subsidiary of the global AXA Group, one of the world's leading insurance and asset management companies, acquired Guardian Royal Exchange, the parent company of PPP healthcare.

3.CGNU
Gross written premiums (2000): £607.5m
Address:
Surrey Street
Norwich
Norfolk
NR1 3NG
Tel: 0800 142 142
Email: healthcare@norwich-union.co.uk
Website: www.norwich-union.co.uk
Profile: Part of the CGNU group, Norwich Union Healthcare was established in 1990. Today it is the third-largest UK health insurer, providing medical insurance and income protection for about 600,000 customers.

4. Royal & SunAlliance
Gross written premiums (2000): £390.5m
Address:
Richmond House
Richmond Hill
Bournemouth
BH2 6EQ
Tel: 0800 393 643
Website: www.royalsunalliance.co.uk/health
Profile: Royal & SunAlliance Healthcare & Assistance, a subsidiary of Royal & SunAlliance Group provides a wide range of products to meet the diverse needs of both personal and commercial customers.

5. Financial Insurance Company
Gross written premiums (2000): £262.6m
Address:
Vantage West
Great West Road
Brentford
Middlesex
TW8 9AG
Tel: 020 8380 3000
Fax: 020 8830 3300
Website: www.gefi.co.uk
Profile: Financial Insurance is a leading provider of personal accident insurance which is designed to provide lump sum benefits in the event of the insured sustaining a permanent disability, hospitalisation or death as a result of an accident.

6. Standard Life Healthcare
Gross written premiums (2000): £155.6m
Address:
Wey House
Farnham Road
Guildford
GU1 4XS
Tel: 01483 440 550
Fax: 01483 553 994
Website: www.standardlife.com
Profile: Standard Life Healthcare is a wholly owned subsidiary of Standard Life - Europe's largest mutual assurance company. It offers a range of individual and company plans to over 350,000 customers and is currently fourth in the private medical insurance market.

7. AIG
Gross written premiums (2000): £139.3m
Address:
2-8 Altyre Rd
Croyden,
Surrey
CR9 2LG
Tel: 0800 324 4448
Website: www.healthnow.com
Profile: AIG's healthnow is designed as a new option in the healthcare market, to avoid the need to pay for expensive private medical insurance, or pay for the treatment itself, or wait for treatment on the NHS. healthnow gives access to the treatment needed at the time it is needed. It includes cover for conditions that have long NHS waiting lists such as heart bypasses, hip and knee replacements, and spinal disc surgery. It is underwritten by New Hampshire Insurance Company and administered by UNAT DIRECT Insurance Management Ltd., both member Companies of AIG.

8. Western Provident Association
Gross written premiums (2000): £122.9m
Address:
Rivergate House
Blackbrook Park
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 2PE
Tel: 01823 625000
Fax: 01823 623050
Website: www.wpa.org.uk
Profile: WPA is celebrating 100 years of service providing a range of private medical insurance, dental plans and medical cash plans for individuals, families and corporate employees.
It is a not-for-profit organisation with no shareholders to satisfy and funds raised through premiums are used to settle claims and to provide better protection.

9. Lloyds TSB General Insurance
Gross written premiums (2000): £111.1m
Address:
Tredegar Park
Newport
Gwent
NP10 8SB
Tel: 01633 810666
Website: www.lloydstsb.com
Profile: Lloyds TSB provides a range of health insurance.

10. AON
Gross premiums written (2000): £101.8m
Address:
15 Wheatfield Way
Kingston Upon Thames
Surrey
KT1 2PQ
Tel: 020 8546 7733
Fax: 020 8541 4027
Profile: Through subsidiaries London General Insurance Company and Combined Insurance Company of America, AON Corporation writes a predominantly personal accident book of accident and health insurance.