Axa is one of the world’s leading financial management companies and has major operations in North America, Western Europe and Asia . Although the companies that now make up Axa have been around since the 17th Century, the name Axa has only been in place since 1985 when Mutuelles Unies was rebranded. Since then, Axa has acquired many leading companies and from 1996 it has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Later in 1996, Axa merged with UAP who were the major shareholder of Sun Life and from 2000, Axa completed the acquisition of the minority shares of Sun Life and the holding company was changed to AXA UK plc. Of course, most of us will be more familiar with AXA due to their sponsorship of the FA cup in 1998-1999, the year of Manchester United’s famous treble winning season and also 2001-2002 when Arsenal beat Chelsea 3-0.
In the UK , Axa is made up of AXA Sun Life, AXA Insurance, AXA PPP healthcare and AXA Ireland. Car Insurance policies are offered through Axa Insurance are only available through brokers and offer their policies cover private and business customers. There is the usual choice of fully comprehensive, third party fire and theft or third party. In today’s world where everything can be done immediately it may seem strange for a company not to offer direct insurance but on the plus side this can help to keep the price down – in many ways it is better not to offer a direct service if this means that the prices offered through brokers can remain low and competitive.
Contact Details
AXA Insurance
One Aldgate
London
EC3N 1RE
Tel: 020 7702 3109