Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance plc was a large British insurance company. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
History
The company was established through the merger of the Guardian Assurance Company and Royal Exchange Assurance in 1968.[1]
In February 1998 it acquired PPP Healthcare, a private healthcare insurer, for £435m.[2]
In February 1999 it was acquired by Axa of France for $5.7bn and integrated into its Sun Life & Provincial Holdings division.[3] It was subsequently announced that the company would move out of the Royal Exchange Building.[4] The life assurance business was acquired by Aegon later that year.[5]
External links
References
- Guardian Financial Services: About us retrieved 2009-03-01^
- Guardian Royal to buy health insurer New York Times, 18 December 1997^
- Axa of France to buy Guardian of Britain New York Times, 2 February 1999^
- Britain's Guardian Royal Exchange to Move Out of Landmark London Building Tribune Business News, 15 March 1999^
- Aegon plans further deals after GRE buy The Independent, 13 August 1999^