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.

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Standards improve in British rental properties – but safety still falls short

Product

19 September 2018

Rental market insurer AXA has tracked progress over the past four years, and finds significant leaps forward in landlords’ professional standards*, but safety is still compromised in too many rentals.

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Adult education decline is creating a ‘land of missed opportunity’ - study

Product

3 August 2018

A new study by AXA Insurance, Britain’s leading insurer of startup businesses, warns that British people face a future of ‘impoverished opportunity’ if the current decline in adult education continues.

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Being your own boss is best, study finds

Product

10 May 2018

Ditching the boss is the top reason people want to become self-employed, according to a survey by AXA Business Insurance*.

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AXA and Burges Salmon call for new standards to govern autonomous driving

Innovation

16 April 2018

New standards for vehicles that can switch between autonomous and human driving will be vital in deciding who is liable for an accident during the ‘handover’ period, the latest VENTURER report from insurer AXA and law firm Burges Salmon has revealed.

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AXA partners with By Miles on UK’s first real time pay-by-mile car insurance policy

Partnerships

12 April 2018

AXA UK has partnered with pay-by-mile insurtech start-up By Miles.

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Seven million people poised to kickstart our economy – but pleas for support ignored

Product

5 April 2018

13 per cent of people in the UK have an advanced business plan and want to start up but are being held back by lack of adult education and lifelong learning opportunities

Self-employed are the least stressed in today’s Britain

Product

15 November 2017

New research by AXA Business Insurance busts some of the most prevalent myths about being self-employed in today’s Britain.

Generation stress: 4 in 5 Brits could be suffering burnout as a result of stress

People

13 November 2017

Britain is in the grip of a stress epidemic, with new research from AXA revealing that 82% feel stressed at least some of the time during a typical week.

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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.