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Admiral Group plc is a British motor insurance company headquartered in Cardiff, Wales. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Image File history File links Information_icon. ... Shortcut: WP:-( Vandalism is indisputable bad-faith addition, deletion, or change to content, made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. ... Auto insurance is insurance consumers can purchase for cars, trucks, and other vehicles. ... Cardiff (English:  Welsh: ) is the capital, largest and core city of Wales. ... This article is about the country. ... The Source by Greyworld, in the new LSE building Paternoster Square. ... The FTSE 250 Index is a capitalisation weighted index of 250 companies on the London Stock Exchange. ...


Admiral was formed in 1991 by Lloyd's agent Henry Englhart to offer car insurance via direct telephone sales. It commenced telesales in 1993 and internet sales in 1995. It has introduced several additional brands for niche markets: Lloyd’s Building, London (with the blue cranes). ...

  • Bell Direct for male drivers.
  • Diamond for female drivers (although they also sell to men)
  • Gladiator for commercial vehicles
  • elephant.co.uk for online sales
  • confused.com for online automated price comparison of insurance from a panel of direct insurers[1][2]

In the year ended 31 December 2004 Admiral Group made profits before tax of £101 million.


Since going public Admiral Groups share price has performed well doubling in value within in two years. The share price on flotation was around £3.00 The share price recently reached £7.00.


The company has consistently featured in the Sunday Times top 100 companies to work for.


References

  1. ^ Sion Barry. "Profitable Admiral overtakes rivals", Western Mail, 2007-03-07.
  2. ^ Kay, William. "One-stop shop goes online to offer best deal on your car insurance.", The Independent, 2003-01-04.

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External links

  • Official site
  • Yahoo profile


 
 

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