Admiral Group

Admiral Group plc

Type	Public (LSE: ADM)
Industry	Insurance
Founded	1993
Headquarters	Cardiff, Wales, UK
Key people	Alastair Lyons, Chairman Henry Engelhardt, Founder/CEO
Revenue	£870.3 million (2011)[1]
Operating income	£299.1 million (2011)[1]
Net income	£221.3 million (2011)[1]
Website	www.admiralgroup.co.uk

Admiral Group plc (LSE: ADM) is a motor insurance company with its head office in Cardiff, Wales. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, it is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

History

In 1990, a managing agent at Lloyd’s called Hayter Brockbank chose Admiral Group’s current CEO, Henry Engelhardt, to head up a new operation and formulate its business plan.^[2]

In November 1999, Engelhardt led a management buy-out of Admiral Group from the Brockbank Group backed by Barclays Private Equity.^[3] On 23 September 2004, Admiral floated on the London Stock Exchange.^[3] Admiral Group plc announced the pricing of its initial public offering at an Offer Price of 275 pence per existing ordinary share. Based on the Offer Price, the market capitalisation of Admiral at the commencement of dealings on the London Stock Exchange was £711 million.^[4]

Operations

UK brands

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Admiral Group operates under a number of brands in the UK:

• Admiral Insurance
• Bell Insurance
• Diamond Insurance (for female drivers)
• Gladiator (for commercial vehicles)
• elephant.co.uk
• Confused.com

Overseas brands

It also operates under a number of brands outside the UK:

• Balumba and Rastreator (Spain)
• Conte and Chiarezza (Italy)
• Lelynx and L'Olivier (France)
• Elephant Auto Insurance (United States)

The headquarters at Capital Tower, Cardiff

References

External links

• Official site
• Italian site
• Spanish price comparison site
• Spanish insurance site
• French price comparison site
• Yahoo profile
• Duedil Company Profile

Companies portal

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