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.
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.
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.
Consumers could save £5.6 billion a year by investing more in risk prevention measures, finds report by AXA
Product
18 August 2016
AXA research reveals that investing in preventative measures to mitigate risks to people’s homes and cars could save UK households £209 a year - an aggregate total of £5.6 billion. Collectively motorists can save £4.96 billion and home owners £620.20 million per year by investing in risk prevention to further protect their vehicles and property. Investing more in flood protection is the most highly valued preventative measure. Eight out of ten UK adults (79 per cent) polled said they would feel more secure if their property had been adapted to feature flood prevention measures.
‘New Tradesmen’ are the future of UK construction
Product
31 May 2016
Research by AXA, one of the UK’s leading construction industry insurers, reveals that a new generation of tradesmen and women is arising. Far from being short on skills, these younger people are bringing a greater diversity of backgrounds and talents to the building trade.
AXA UK Leadership changes
People
27 May 2016
AXA announced today that Paul Evans, currently Chief Executive, AXA UK & Ireland, is appointed to the AXA Group Management Committee (AXA’s senior executive governance body), with responsibility globally for the Group’s Life, Savings and Health businesses. Amanda Blanc will become Chief Executive Officer of AXA UK and Ireland. These appointments will be effective from 1 July 2016.