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Admiral staff have donated over 100 Christmas presents to disadvantaged children in the Newport and Torfaen area through the Cozy Toes appeal.

The Cozy Toes appeal was set up by Sharon Thomas in Admiral’s Claims department five years ago. Sharon previously worked as a foster carer with local authorities and wanted to continue helping disadvantaged children when she changed jobs which led to her creating Cozy Toes.

Staff at local employer Admiral have donated over 1,480 Christmas presents to disadvantaged children in the Swansea area, through the Mr X Appeal.

This number is the highest ever donation from Admiral to the appeal and sees staff from all over the business taking part, including hundreds of presents donated from staff in Swansea, Cardiff and Newport.

312 staff members and counting from local employer Admiral have helped the Marrow for Marley appeal by joining the stem cell and bone marrow donation registry.

Admiral staff in Newport spent the day registering potential blood stem cell donors on behalf of the charity DKMS. The sessions encouraged colleagues to get involved in the fight against blood cancer.

Admiral has committed £400,000 to fund four charity projects in South Wales over the next two years.

Through its newly formed Ministry of Giving, the company will donate £100,000 over two years to four charities allowing them to fund tangible and sustainable projects in the cities where Admiral’s UK offices are based.

The charities receiving the donations are Llamau, Maggie’s, Royal Voluntary Service and Wooden Spoon.

A school in Newport has had an outdoor makeover thanks to staff from Admiral.

Two business support teams joined forces and spent the day at High Cross Primary School in Rogerstone undertaking various jobs to revamp the school grounds.

Armed with paint, spades, a wheelbarrow and a big white van, the team of 23 insurance workers wood stained fences and sheds, spruced up planters and reinforced and erected the school’s fences.

Admiral Group has been named the 20th best workplace in the world on the annual 25 World’s Best Workplaces list.

More than 12 million employees from over 7,000 companies around the globe participated in the survey process for the World’s Best Workplaces list. The ranking assessed employees’ views on leadership, organisational culture, and trust.

A small department in Admiral’s Newport office have raised more than £1,000 for the THRIVE and Nurture Hwb at Bassaleg School, an initiative that aims to provide pupils and their families with a safe space to talk, think and express emotions with a trusted member of the Pastoral Team.

SCORES of Admiral Group staff are putting their best feet forward for this year’s Admiral Swansea Bay 10k.

With the Sunday September 16 event now fast-approaching, over 250 staff from Admiral Group are busy making their final preparations before taking part.

They’ll be among thousands racing in the main event, with 1k, 3k and 5k races for juniors also taking place on the day.

Other fun includes a 100-metre mascot dash outside St Helen’s that starts about 10 minutes after the main race.

Registration for the Admiral City of Newport Half Marathon 2019 is open!

St David’s Hospice Care is delighted to announce that Admiral will be once again support their flagship fundraising event, the City of Newport Half Marathon.

After the unfortunate cancellations of the 2018 event, it is hoped that the Admiral City of Newport Half Marathon, on 3rd March 2019, will attract record entries.

To celebrate their partnership, a team of Admiral employees went on a lunchtime jog in Newport city centre wearing official event training t-shirts.

2018 Interim Results Highlights

South Wales employer Admiral is delighted to announce its continued sponsorship of Pride Cymru’s Big Weekend.

Wales’ largest annual celebration of equality and diversity will take place from Friday 24th August to Sunday 26th August. Admiral has supported Price Cymru since 2000 and as main stage sponsor and primary partner, Admiral has increased its support for this year’s event.

Staff from local employer Admiral have raised more than £15,000 for homelessness charity - The Wallich, enough to fund a rough sleeper intervention team’s weekend provisions for one year.

The employees from Admiral’s Graduate Programme raised the funds through a number of fundraising events including a Christmas candy cane gram, bake sales, quiz nights, raffles and more.  The graduates joined Admiral in September 2017 and charity work is encouraged as part of their role alongside getting involved in projects and placement rotation across a variety of business areas.

Welsh employer, Admiral has been recognised as one of the Best Workplaces for Women in the UK.

The company was named the 3rd best large workplace (500+ employees) in the UK by the Great Place to Work ® Institute in its inaugural list of best workplaces for women.   

Having been named the 7th best workplace in the UK by the Great Place to Work ® Institute in April 2018, Admiral met the eligibility criteria for the best workplaces for women list. It was awarded 3rd place based on a 1,000 word statement detailing its policies and practices around women.

Admiral employees have donated more than 100 toys and baby equipment to the children’s wards in The Royal Gwent Hospital.

Each year many Admiral staff look to support projects that benefit the local community and this year, the Renewals department in the Newport office choose to organise a collection for the Royal Gwent.

A crowd of over 6,000 people from South Wales based Admiral and their family and friends enjoyed a night of festivals from around the world at Principality Stadium recently.

For its traditional biennial staff party, this time called Fiestival, the Stadium was transformed into an explosion of colour, entertainment and fun. The entertainment was provided by a variety of bands, dancers and fairground rides, but was topped off by pop superstar Craig David, whose hour long set had the crowd dancing throughout.

Welsh employer, Admiral Group has been recognised as a “great place to work” for the eighteenth consecutive year.

The company was named the 7th best large workplace (500+ employees) in the UK by the Great Place to Work ® Institute at an awards ceremony last night (25th April 2018). 

Local employer, Admiral Group has welcomed its 10,000th employee who has started work in the company’s Claims department in Cardiff.

When the south Wales headquartered company launched in 1993, it had just 57 members of staff based in Cardiff.

25 years later, Admiral now employs 10,000 members of staff in eight different countries across the world, employing more than 6,800 people in Cardiff, Swansea and Newport alone.

More than 140 Admiral staff have signed up to run the Admiral City of Newport Half Marathon this Sunday (18th March 2018).

It’s the 5th year the Newport employer has sponsored the event, which is run by St David’s Hospice Care, and each year Admiral employees have taken part.

Arianne Weekes and Sophia Miller from Admiral’s Graduate Programme have signed up to run for the first time.  Arianne is a novice runner, having taken part in a few 10k runs but Sophia had no running experience before starting training for the event.

28 February 2018

Admiral Group plc announces a record Group profit before tax of £405 million for the year ended 31 December 2017

2017 Results Highlights

Welsh employer, Admiral Group has been named the 3rd best big company in the UK at the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For awards.

The company, which employs 6,500 people in Cardiff, Swansea and Newport, also received three Special Awards including a Lifetime Achievement award for its outstanding performance in the competition. It is the only UK company to make the list of best companies every year since it began in 2001.

Wales’ only competing synchronised swimming club has a brand new underwater speaker, thanks to local employer Admiral.

Swansea synchronised swimming club, received £400 for a new underwater speaker after Liz James-Mahoney, who works in Admiral’s training department, applied to the company’s Community Chest Scheme. The scheme provides funding for charities, sports teams and organisations in which staff members or their families are involved.

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Admiral Seguros, a company specialising in car insurance, which markets through brands such as Balumba, Qualitas Auto and WiYou, has announced that it will bank on Spain as a base of operations for the countries of the European Union, as a solution to continue operating after Brexit .

Admiral Group is celebrating its 25th birthday today (2nd January 2018). Launched on 2nd January 1993 with just one brand, zero customers and 57 members of staff, Admiral now has 15 brands around the world with over 5 million customers, and 9,000 members of staff (over 6,300 of these in  South Wales).

In its quarter century of operating, it has seen turnover grow from £18 million in 1993, to £2.58 billion in 2016 (its last reporting year).

Admiral Group is celebrating its 25th birthday today. Launched on 2nd January 1993 with just one brand, zero customers and 57 members of staff, Admiral now has 15 brands around the world with over 5 million customers, and 9,000 members of staff. 

It’s the only FTSE 100 company headquartered in Wales and if you live in Cardiff, Newport or Swansea, legend has it you’re no more than six people removed from an Admiral staff member*.

Hundreds of staff at local employer Admiral have taken part in the Mr X Appeal, donating over 1,000 Christmas presents to disadvantaged children throughout the Swansea area.

There are 4,500 underprivileged children in and around the Swansea area who will wake up on Christmas morning without a present to open. The Mr. X Appeal, now in its 58th year, aims to help a local in need child in a personal way at Christmas.

Members of the Admiral Inspire Choir recently visited St David’s Hospice Care to spread a little Christmas cheer.

A group of staff from the Newport and Cardiff offices donned Christmas jumpers, festive hats and tinsel to sing a medley of Christmas songs for patients at the day hospice.

The choir, which rehearses once a week in the office and performs at company and external events, sang Winter Wonderland, Santa Clause is Coming to Town, Rocking Around the Christmas Tree and an encore of the Jackie Wilson classic, Higher and Higher.

We’re delighted to have been named Direct Insurer of the Year at the Insurance Times awards.

The prestigious awards took place at London’s InterContinental 02 on Thursday 7th December to celebrate outstanding achievement and recognise the best of the best in the insurance industry.

The judges were impressed by our great customer service, innovation, consistent financial results and our launch into home insurance.

CEO David Stevens was also a finalist in the Insurer’s CEO’s CEO category.

A newly formed theatre group in Cwmbran is putting on its first full performance at the Dolman Theatre in Newport city centre, with support from local employer Admiral Group.

Glass Ceiling Theatre, which has around 35 cast members aged between 18 and 35, is a musical theatre group. It formed in 2017 and its performance of The Wedding Singer at the Dolman Theatre is its first public show. The cast will perform with a live band from the Bristol area which has been paid for by Admiral.

Elephant Insurance, the Henrico-based direct-to consumer insurance specialist, is pleased to announce Alberto Schiavon as its new CEO.

Schiavon, 31, has worked for the Admiral Group, Elephant’s parent company headquartered in the UK for the last five years in number of senior positions. Schiavon, originally from Venice, Italy, joined the Group in 2012 as an International Pricing Manager. More recently he has been UK Director of Sales and Marketing. Schiavon moved to Richmond in March 2017 to head up Marketing and Pricing.

School crossing patrols in Cardiff are getting kitted out with new uniform, thanks to a new deal with local employer, Admiral.

Admiral, which has its headquarters in the city and employs over 6,400 people across south Wales, is sponsoring the winter and summer uniform for the 38 school crossing patrols and four mobile school crossing patrols around Cardiff.

We’re proud to announce that Great Place to Work has named Admiral Group as the 23rd best workplace in the world on the seventh annual 25 World’s Best Workplaces list.

More than 10 million employees from 6,600 companies around the globe participated in the survey process for the World’s Best Workplaces list. The ranking assessed employees’ views on leadership, organisational culture, and trust.

October is Cancer Awareness Month and Admiral Group’s Ministry of Health (MOH) has joined forces with Tenovus Cancer Care, St Joseph’s Hospital in Newport and Public Heath Wales to raise awareness and provide advice and to support to its staff.

A group of Admiral employees recently attended Cardiff West Community High School to help transform the new school entrance for their pupils. The Head Teacher contacted Admiral to ask for some support as the entrance was looking tired and needed some tender loving care.

Admiral employee Lucas James completely shaved off all his long hair and beard to raise over £1,350 for Huggard Homeless Shelter in Cardiff.

Lucas, who works in the IT department, raised £676.03 in sponsorship from colleagues and Admiral’s Community Chest scheme matched the amount, so in total the charity received £1,352.06. Lucas’ colleagues all took turns to shave Lucas’ hair and beard. 

2017 Interim Results Highlights

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Group’s share of profit before tax*1

£195 million

£193 million

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Group statutory profit before tax

£193 million

£190 million

Mental health charity Growing Space is helping more clients to grow and heal thanks to two generous donations from local employer Admiral.

Local employer Admiral has helped Labradors in Need raise hundreds of pounds by providing a generator for the charity to use at its fundraising events. The donation was provided through Admiral’s Community Chest scheme which has donated to hundreds of charities and community groups through applications from its staff.

Labradors is a UK-wide charity that looks after dogs that need to be re-homed for a variety of reasons, such as neglect. They organise foster care for the labradors while they find permanent homes for them through a thorough application process.

Disabled children are learning to dance with their friends at Ty Gwyn School in Ely, Cardiff, thanks to local employer Admiral.

Admiral donated over £950 to ballet classes run by Flamingo Chicks at Ty Gwyn School in Ely. Flamingo Chicks is a company that runs ballet classes for children of all abilities throughout the UK. The donation from Admiral paid for much needed sensory equipment for dance classes in Cardiff schools, such as feathers, bells and scarves, as well as staff uniforms and training.

Admiral has today announced that it will underwrite van insurance directly in the UK, rather than through its broker business, Able Insurance, and its panel of insurers.  More commonly known as Gladiator, Able has traded as a commercial vehicle intermediary for almost 19 years and currently has over 170,000 van customers. There will be no impact on current policies, and over the next 12 months, these customers will be invited, at renewal, to transfer onto the new Admiral Van product. The change will allow Admiral to directly offer motor, home and van policies in the UK.

A Swansea based under 6s football team has a brand new kit, thanks to local employer Admiral.

Plough Colts Under 6s, from Brynhyfryd, received nearly £300 for their kit after Michael Philips, who works in Admiral’s Claims department, applied to the company’s Community Chest Scheme. The scheme provides funding for charities, sports teams and organisations in which staff members or their families are involved.

The donation paid for kits for the whole team and some extra training equipment.

Today (8th March) Admiral Group announced its Full Year Results for 2016 which show how the Group performed across the year.

8 March 2017

Admiral Group plc announces another year of strong growth and profit before tax of £284 million for the year to 31 December 2016

2016 Preliminary Results Highlights

Admiral Group plc will be announcing its 2016 Preliminary Results on Wednesday 8 March 2017 at 7.00am.

On the same day, Admiral will host an analyst presentation on the results at 8.00am at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, 2 King Edward Street, EC1A 1HQ.

The presentation will be accessible via a conference call for those unable to attend in person.

Admiral Group has been named the 2nd Best Big Company to Work For in the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For list.

The list of Best Companies to Work For in the UK was announced at an awards ceremony held in London last night (23rd February) and Admiral came 2nd in the category of the 30 Best Big Companies to Work For 2017.

Admiral is the only UK company who has made the Sunday Times List every year since it began in 2001.

Local employer Admiral Group has been recognised by the Welsh government for the high standard of health and wellbeing of its staff, through the Gold Corporate Health Standard award.

Run by the Welsh Government through Healthy Working Wales, the Corporate Health Standard (CHS) is the quality mark for workplace health promotion in Wales. The Standard recognises good practice and targets key preventable ill-health issues and the Health Challenge Wales priorities.

Admiral Group plc announces that Alastair Lyons, who has held the role of Non-executive Chairman since June 2000, has notified it that he does not intend to seek re-election as a director of the Admiral Group at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting on 26 April 2017.

Admiral has been busy over the past year, donating over £110,000 through its Community Chest scheme.

Admiral staff have donated over 2,500 Christmas presents to over 1,200 disadvantaged children in the Swansea area, through the Mr X Appeal. On average, all staff who took part donated at least two presents for their chosen child.

Local employer Admiral has come to the aid of St. John Cymru Youth Newport Division. The charity’s training aids were broken beyond repair so Admiral paid for brand new equipment costing £580.

Through their long running Community Chest Scheme, Admiral paid for a manikin family set and an anti-choking trainer, allowing the division to train volunteer members in vital lifesaving skills.

Stephen Marshall, who works in Admiral’s Claims department, and volunteers as a Cadet Officer for the charity, applied for the funds.

Local employer Admiral provided almost £500 to WISP (Welsh Integrated Sports Plan) JUDO so that children, no matter what their ability, could compete in a number of judo competitions across South Wales.

Through its long running Community Chest scheme, Admiral gave money towards the cost of a club competition, paying for medals and certificates for over 70 children and judo suits for participants who did not have one. These suits are now being used to kit out beginners to their classes and enable them to run sessions in local schools.

In the build up to National Dyslexia Awareness week (3rd – 9th October), local employer Admiral is raising awareness of dyslexia amongst its staff with a new and innovative training course, created by one of its employees.

With 10% of the population affected, dyslexia can have an impact on employee wellbeing and Admiral’s ‘Understanding Dyslexia course aims to support those staff who have dyslexia and provide managers with knowledge and advice to give extra support to their colleagues.  

Local employer Admiral has given £500 to Downs-side Riding and Livery Centre in Penarth, enabling them to purchase new equipment essential for their horses’ wellbeing and the centre’s upkeep.

Sophie Vowles, who works in Admiral’s Claims department, applied for funds through the company’s Community Chest scheme. The money given was used to buy a number of new saddlecloths, yard forks, wheelbarrows and yard brooms. Downs-side Riding and Livery Centre is a family run business, which is located close to a country park with lakes.

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Local employer, Admiral has provided funding to Cwmbran All Starz enabling the group to purchase equipment essential for their public performances and shows.

Alex Mayes, who works in Admiral’s Pricing department, applied to the company’s Community Chest scheme on behalf of the musical theatre group which provides acting, singing and dancing training for young people aged 9 to 19 years of age.

Table tennis player Paul Karabardak visited Admiral’s Swansea office to thank the local employer for donating over £500 towards his training equipment for the Rio 2016 Paralympics, and at the same time, took on staff at their preferred break time activity.

Paul’s brother, Huseyin Karabardak, works for Admiral’s Claims department and applied for the money through the company’s Community Chest Scheme. The money given was used to buy equipment, such as rackets and balls, essential for Paul’s strict six hours a day training regime.

Admiral Group has won The Wellbeing at Work Award at the Responsible Business Awards.

Hosted by Business In The Community Cymru, the awards identify and celebrate businesses from across Wales that are making a positive impact in their communities, schools, supply chains and workplaces.

Admiral was named the winner of the Wellbeing At Work Award for its Ministry of Health (MOH) programme.

As a proud Welsh company, Admiral will be closing its Cardiff, Swansea and Newport offices early on Wednesday (6th July) to allow staff to enjoy the Wales v Portugal Euro 2016 semi final.

Staff in Admiral’s contact centres work shifts, with some due to finish at 10pm. However, due to the enormity of Wednesday’s game and how Wales’ journey has gripped the company, it was a straightforward decision to close at 7pm.

This will mean that over 600 staff get to leave the office early so they can get ready for kick off.

Local employer Admiral has recently donated over £500 to Barry based netball team Westend Ladies, enabling them to buy brand new kit.

The money Westend Ladies received went towards buying netball dresses for their A Team, which meant they only needed to raise further funds for the B team. 

Jenna Webb, who works for Admiral’s Marketing department, has played in the A team since 2008 and wanted to give something back to her netball club. This year she took on the role of Treasurer and was keen to see if Westend Ladies could benefit from her employer’s Community Chest Scheme.

Following receipt of regulatory approval, the Board of Admiral is pleased to announce the appointment of Justine Roberts as an independent non-executive director with effect from 17 June 2016.

Justine Roberts is the CEO and co-founder of internet company, Mumsnet.com, which has grown into the UK's biggest online network for parents. Justine has been responsible for the creation, strategic direction and overall management of Mumsnet, building it into one of the most recognisable internet brands in the UK.

Local employer Admiral has recently donated nearly £600 to Gorseinon and District Brass Band, enabling them to buy a brand new instrument for their regular performances to local charities. 

Thanks to Admiral’s Community Chest Scheme, the band have secured funding worth over £3,300 since 2012, all going towards the cost of good quality brass instruments, including two cornets, two baritones, two horns and a trombone.

Ty Admiral has been named the best corporate workplace by the British Council for Offices.

Children from Christchurch Playgroup in Llanedeyrn, Cardiff, have benefited from parties, outdoor trips and music therapy, thanks to local employer Admiral.

Admiral donated over £500 to the playgroup, through its long running Community Chest scheme. Nathaniel Philip, who works in Admiral’s Claims department, wanted to give something back to the place that his son and daughter both attended for three years.  

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Canine residents at Cardiff Dogs Home, who are walked regularly by Friends of the Dogs, are keeping dry and finding new homes thanks to local employer Admiral. 

The insurance provider has donated nearly £800 to the charity through its long running Community Chest Scheme.

Friends of the Dogs has over a hundred regular volunteer dog walkers who turn out in all weathers to walk homeless and abandoned dogs in their local community. Admiral’s money paid for twenty five weatherproof coats to the charity to help the dogs against the wind, rain and cold when they’re out walking.

South Wales employer Admiral has donated £500 to Cwmbran based Annette’s School of Dance, through its long running Community Chest scheme.

The school used the money to buy fabrics and materials for costumes for their December ‘The Four Seasons’.  Nadine Moore, who works in Admiral’s Claims department, helps her sister Annette with the costumes.

Admiral Group plc ('Admiral' or 'the Group') confirms that the level of Capital Add-On to be applied to the Solvency II Standard Formula has been agreed with the Prudential Regulation Authority ('PRA').  The Add-On is consistent with the level calculated by Admiral and takes effect from 1 January 2016.

After accounting for an appropriate margin above the Group's capital requirement, Admiral expects to hold a level of surplus capital as it enters Solvency II. 

Hundreds of Admiral staff from Cardiff, Swansea and Newport, have taken part in the Mr X Appeal, donating over 1,400 Christmas presents to local disadvantaged children.

This number is the highest ever donation from Admiral staff to this appeal, which has been co-ordinated in Admiral for over ten years by Angela Macdonald who works in the New Business department. 

The number of presents donated by Admiral to this appeal has grown over the years so she has recruited many little helpers throughout Admiral to support her, including colleague Lesley Rees.  

This year the large Christmas tree that stands proudly outside Cardiff Castle will be kindly donated by Admiral.

The Cardiff-based insurance specialist stepped forward after it was agreed that Christmas trees would need to be funded by sponsorship due to the budget cuts the Council faces.

Admiral have come on board and agreed to support the costs to purchase, install and remove the tree.

Local employer, Admiral Group, have donated £500 in support of Gorseinon Ladies Rugby Team to help them buy a new team kit.

With the money donated, the team have been able to buy new playing and training kit, now proudly wearing the Admiral logo on their shirts.

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South Wales employer Admiral has donated over £800 through its Community Chest scheme to Superstars in the Making, a performing arts academy based in Barry, Cardiff.

Superstars in the Making is a not-for-profit academy, set up to provide high quality training in the performing arts to young people.

With the money donated, Superstars in the Making bought a good quality set for their upcoming show West Side Story, which is showing next week at the Memo Theatre, from August 20th to August 22nd 2015.

Local employer Admiral has donated over £500 to the Buzzy Bees nursery in Cwmbran, through their Community Chest scheme.

Gareth Edwards, who works in Admiral’s Claims department wanted to give something back to the nursery that his son has been attending for the last couple of years.

Community Chest provided the nursery with an outdoor kitchen, three tricycles, space hoppers, a large climbing frame and slide, plus a few other smaller items.

South Wales based insurance specialist Admiral is recruiting for over 130 jobs in its Newport office, as well as a further 50 jobs in Cardiff and 100 in Swansea.

Local employer Admiral has donated nearly £400 to Cardiff Devils Junior Development team, through its long running community chest scheme.

Philip Teasdale works in Admiral’s Customer Contact Strategy department and volunteers as a junior ice hockey coach in his spare time. He is very passionate about ice hockey and has played as an amateur throughout England and Wales.

Local employer Admiral has donated nearly £800 to Christchurch Primary School in Swansea through its long running community chest scheme.

Peter Williams works in Admiral’s Customer Services department and his son Kieron attends the primary school. He said, “The yard in Kieron’s school is very small. It is in between residential housing and there are no grass areas at all. We wanted to breathe new life into the yard and the children got very excited about it.”

Admiral Group plc’s CEO Henry Engelhardt announced today that he has decided to step down from the CEO role in one year’s time.  He will be replaced as CEO by co-founder and current COO, David Stevens.

Henry has led Admiral since its creation in June 1991.  He has been the only CEO the company has had.  David joined Admiral in August 1991 prior to Admiral’s January 1993 launch.  He is currently Group COO and has been CEO of the UK insurance business since 2008.

With effect from 7 November 2014, the Financial Conduct Authority removed the requirement in the Disclosure and Transparency Rules to publish Interim Management Statements (IMSs).

After careful consideration, the Board of Admiral Group Plc does not intend to issue IMSs in the future and will not, therefore, issue one in April 2015.

Local employer Admiral has donated over £1,000 to the Lost Souls Sanctuary, near Newport, through its Community Chest scheme.

The Lost Souls Sanctuary was founded by Anne Lewis in 2011 as a home for life for dogs who have been abused, or who have behavioural problems and have nowhere else to go. Anne said “We provide a home for these dogs that often come to us badly traumatised, both physically and mentally. My vision is to turn this around and create a happily ever after safe place for all of them.”

The Welsh Rugby Union has signed the biggest shirt partnership deal in its history, with Welsh-based FTSE 100 company Admiral.

Admiral’s logo is already emblazoned across the chests of Wales’ senior national stars, and has been since November 2010, but a new partnership has now been agreed until 2017.

The partnership has also seen Admiral extend their support to the senior Wales women’s side which will now also carry the Admiral logo on their playing strip until 2017.

Admiral Group plc announces a strong annual result with Group profit before tax of £357 million for the year to December 2014..

Admiral Group has been named the fifth Best Big Company to Work For in the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For in the UK list.

The company was also given a special recognition award for being in the list every year since it began fifteen years ago, the only company to achieve this, and CEO Henry Engelhardt was named Best Leader for the second year running.

Local employer Admiral has donated nearly £500 to buy baby safety equipment to help families in Cardiff, through the charity Home-Start.

Home-Start helps families in all sorts of situations, such as homelessness, domestic abuse, isolation, poverty and drug or alcohol addiction. The volunteers step in to help with the children, providing much needed advice and support to the parents, as well as giving them equipment the families cannot afford.

Wales’ only FTSE 100 company, Admiral Group, has been named as one of the finalists in the 2014/5 European Business Awards. Selected as one of 10 Ruban d’Honneur recipients in the ‘Employer of the Year’ category, Admiral Group will now go on to compete in the final round of judging, resulting in 11 overall category winners to be announced later this year.

Local employer Admiral has celebrated the official opening of its headquarters in Cardiff by Welsh rugby captain Sam Warburton and 5 other members of the team.

Sam, along with George North, Mike Phillips, Hallam Amos, Paul James and Luke Charteris joined Admiral’s CEO Henry Engelhardt to mark the official opening of the company’s headquarters, Tŷ Admiral. Representatives from many of the organisations involved in the building, including the developers Stofords, attended the event.

Admiral Group, the South Wales based insurance specialist, is recruiting for over 250 jobs; around 150 in Cardiff, over 100 in Swansea and over 30 in Newport.

Admiral, which has moved into new offices in Cardiff and Newport, alongside its established offices in Swansea, is now looking to fill a variety of positions across all three sites. The roles are not limited to Admiral’s contact centres but also the IT department and the company’s law firms.

Glantawe Theatre Company in Ystradgynlais, near Swansea, received much needed equipment just in time for their January pantomime, thanks to a donation from local employer Admiral.

Becci Thomas, who works in Admiral’s Renewals department, has been a member of the Glantawe Theatre Company for ten years and taken part in over fifteen shows. The theatre company could not raise enough money to buy good quality sound and lighting equipment, but Becci knew that she could apply for funds through Admiral’s Community Chest Scheme.

Admiral Group is competing for the title of ‘National Public Champion’ in this year’s European Business Awards as the public vote opens for the first time.

Hundreds of staff at local employer Admiral have once again taken part in the Mr X Appeal, donating over 1,000 Christmas presents to disadvantaged children throughout the Swansea area.

Signing their cards “With love from Father Christmas”, each staff member who donates a gift, gets given the first name, gender and age of a child who would otherwise go without a Christmas present. There is no minimum or maximum spend and staff members are very charitable, in fact many donated large gifts, such as tablets, games consoles and sports equipment.

More than 100 members of staff at Welsh employer Admiral have so far signed up to run the City of Newport Half Marathon.

Admiral’s back on board for the second year as sponsor for the event, organised by St David’s Hospice Care, which takes place on Sunday 1st March 2015.

30 members of staff from the Newport office have signed up, along with 60 from Cardiff and a further 17 from Swansea.

Local employer, Admiral has celebrated the official opening of its Newport office by Welsh rugby player Jamie Roberts and three other members of the team.

Jamie, along with George North, Dan Biggar and Dan Lydiate joined Admiral's CEO Henry Engelhardt to mark the official opening of the city centre office. Representatives from many of the organisations involved in the building also attended the event.

Starting this week, local employer Admiral is moving 2,400 members of staff into its new Cardiff headquarters, Tŷ Admiral.

Admiral has had its headquarters in Wales since its launch in 1993. Starting with only 57 members of staff, the company now has over 7000 staff worldwide and 4 million customers.  It moved from premises on Newport Road to Capital Tower in 1999.

Starting this week, local employer Admiral is moving 2,400 members of staff into its new Cardiff headquarters, Tŷ Admiral.

Admiral has had its headquarters in Wales since its launch in 1993. Starting with only 57 members of staff, the company now has over 7000 staff worldwide and 4 million customers. It moved from premises on Newport Road to Capital Tower in 1999.

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A mini and junior league rugby club in Cwmbran has new kit thanks to a donation from local employer, Admiral.

Croesyceiliog Mini and Juniors Rugby Club received the funding for rugby tops and hoodies after Jemma Croft, who works in Admiral’s Claims department in Newport, applied to the company’s Community Chest scheme. The scheme provides funding for charities, sports teams and organisations in which staff members or their families are involved.

Today, Monday 2nd June 2014, more than 450 Admiral Group staff will begin work in brand new offices in Newport city centre.

The staff, who have been located in Langstone Business Park since October 2008, will now be based in the specially built 6 storey, 80,800 sq ft office block on Queensway, directly opposite Newport railway station, a redevelopment of the Cambrian Centre.
Admiral Group CEO, Henry Engelhardt and COO, David Stevens will be greeting staff as they arrive for their first working day in the office.

Today, Monday 2nd June 2014, more than 450 Admiral Group staff will begin work in brand new offices in Newport city centre.

The staff, who have been located in Langstone Business Park since October 2008, will now be based in the specially built 6 storey, 80,800 sq ft office block on Queensway, directly opposite Newport railway station, a redevelopment of the Cambrian Centre.

Admiral Group CEO, Henry Engelhardt and COO, David Stevens will be greeting staff as they arrive for their first working day in the office.

Admiral Group has been named the third Best Large Workplace in the UK by the Great Place to Work Institute.

It is the company’s third year in a row the top three, the ninth year in a row in the top ten and the fourteenth consecutive year Admiral has been named in the list of best workplaces.

South Wales based insurance specialist, Admiral is looking to recruit 25 new employees in its Newport office.

The new recruits will start in July joining the company’s First Response and Outbound department in Claims. They’ll be the first new intake to start their careers in Admiral’s brand new office in the city centre of Newport.

A centre for older people in Barry can continue for another year thanks to a donation by local employer, Admiral.

The Age Connects Cardiff & the Vale (formally Age Concern) Senior Health Shop in Barry received £400 from the company after Ashley Cummings, who works in Admiral’s Claims department, applied for funding from the company’s Community Chest scheme. The scheme provides funding for charities, sport teams and organisations in which staff members or their families are involved.

An all-female roller-derby team based in Swansea has received new kit thanks to local employer, Admiral.

The Reaper Roller Girls received the funding of £667 after player, Catherine Hook, who works in Admiral’s Ancillaries department, applied for funding from the company’s Community Chest scheme. The scheme provides funding for charities, sport teams and organisations in which staff members or their families are involved.

Admiral Group has been named the second Best Big Company to Work For in the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For in the UK list.

It is the first year Admiral has been in the Big Company Category which is for organisations with over 5,000 members of staff, and it’s the company’s highest ever placing in this competition.

Admiral is also the only company to have featured as one of the Best Companies to Work For every year since the competition started 14 years ago.

Admiral Group announces profit before tax of £370 million for the year to December 2013, an increase of 7% over the previous year. The Board is proposing a final dividend for 2013 of 50.6 pence per share, to be paid on 30 May 2014.

2013 Preliminary Results Highlights

Admiral Group has been recognised by the Welsh Government for the health and wellbeing of its staff through the award of the Gold Corporate Health Standard.

Run by the Welsh Government through Healthy Working Wales, the Corporate Health Standard (CHS) is the quality mark for workplace health promotion in Wales. The Standard has been developed to recognise good practice and to target the key preventable ill-health issues and the Health Challenge Wales priorities.

Admiral Group has extended its existing UK Car Insurance reinsurance partnerships with Hannover Re, Mapfre Re, New Re and Swiss Re to at least the end of 2016.  There has been no material change to the cost or contractual terms of these arrangements.

The extended reinsurance arrangements are in addition to the current agreement with Munich Re (covering 40% of the UK business), which runs to at least the end of 2018. 

Share of UK Car Insurance underwriting:

Admiral Group has completed a further sale of a minority equity stake in its US car insurance comparison website, Comparenow.com.

Effective from 18 December 2013, Admiral retains 67.8% ownership of Comparenow.com with White Mountains Insurance Group owning 21.1% and Mapfre USA owning 11.1%. Terms of the purchase are confidential, but Admiral can confirm that there is no material impact on the Group's 2013 full year results.

Admiral Group has extended its underwriting arrangements with Munich Re for its UK car insurance business. The long-standing partnership allows Admiral to mitigate risk exposure while benefitting from profit commission.

Munich Re underwrites 40% of Admiral's UK car insurance business and the new agreement extends this from the end of 2016 until at least the end of 2018. The cost and contractual terms remain confidential, but the Group confirms that they provide a slight improvement to Admiral from 2017.

Admiral's new office in Newport has reached an important milestone marked by a 'topping out' ceremony marking the completion of the highest point of the project.
The ceremony was attended by representatives from Admiral Group, Scarborough Development Group, its funding partner Investec Bank, and Newport City Council. Four members of Admiral staff who will be working at the building, also attended.

Topping out marks the completion of the building's frame. Internal fitting out and final completion is scheduled for August 2014.

A ladies baseball team in Cardiff is able to continuing competing in its league thanks to a donation from local employer, Admiral.

The Llanrumney United Ladies baseball team received the essential funding after team member Amanda Payne, who works in Admiral's Claims department, applied to the company's Community Chest scheme. The scheme provides funding for charities and organisations in which staff members or their families are involved.

H1 2013 Group Results

Employees in Admiral’s Newport office held a fundraising day in aid of the local RSPCA animal shelter in Ringland.

After being contacted by RSPCA Newport Animal Shelter which was looking for donations and raffle prizes, four community spirited members of staff from the Admiral Claims department in Langstone Business Park organised a dog themed day of fundraising activities.

Rugby League Club, the Torfaen Tigers are playing their matches in brand new kit after receiving funding from local employer Admiral.

The Tigers who are one of the founder members of the Wales Rugby League's South Wales Senior Conference received the £700 funding for new kit after Club Treasurer, James Price applied to Admiral’s Community Chest Scheme which provides funding for charities, teams and organisations in which staff and their families are involved.

There was a double celebration in Cardiff on Thursday 27th June, when representatives from the property and construction industry came together for the 'topping out' of Admiral Group's stunning headquarters building and the winner of the 2013 Women in Property South Wales Student Awards was announced.

A pool team from Machen have a smart new look thanks to a donation from local employer, Admiral.

The team which plays from the United Services Club in Machen received funding after Stuart Lukins, who works in Admiral’s Newport office, applied to the company’s Community Chest scheme. The scheme provides funding for charities and organisations in which staff members or their families are involved.

Six employees from Admiral have returned to work after completing the Sierra Leone Marathon in the city of Makeni in the west African country.

The group of six Admiral staff signed up to the marathon after a visit to the office by a representative from the charity Street Child who organise the marathon. Street Child’s aim is for the reduction of children living their lives on the streets of Sierra Leone, one of the poorest countries in the world.

A community lunch club for all ages in Cwmtillery has been able to improve the comfort of its members after receiving funding from local employer, Admiral to replace a window.
Cwmtillery Luncheon Club received funding from Admiral after Anthony Bradley, who works in the Customer Services department in Cardiff, applied to the company’s Community Chest scheme. The scheme provides funding for charities and organisations in which staff members or their families are involved.

Six employees from Admiral are gearing up for the race of a lifetime when they take part in the Sierra Leone Marathon next week.

The group of six Admiral staff signed up to the marathon after a visit to the office by a representative from the charity Street Child who organise the marathon. Street Child’s aim is for the reduction of children living their lives on the streets of Sierra Leone, one of the poorest countries in the world. The marathon will take place in the town of Makeni, the third largest city in Sierra Leone and where Street Child was set up in 2008.

South Wales based insurance specialist, Admiral Group has announced it is recruiting 236 new employees over the next three months; 108 based in Swansea, 88 based in Cardiff and 40 based in Newport. The new staff members will take the total number of employees at the company to 5,145.

Admiral needs the new recruits in call centre departments including Sales, Customer Services and Renewals, to provide service to its increasing number of customers.

St David's Primary School in Pontrhydyrun near Cwmbran, has received 15 refurbished computers from South Wales based employer Admiral, to help expand the school's IT curriculum.

Admiral donated the computers after receiving an email from Sara Arthur, who is a governor at the school, asking if Admiral had any unwanted computers available, that the school could have. Ben Moriarty who works in Admiral's Recruitment department received the email and set the ball rolling, and before long, the school had received delivery of and installed 15 refurbished computers for its pupils to use.

Admiral Group has extended its existing UK Car Insurance reinsurance partnerships with Hannover Re, Mapfre Re, New Re and Swiss Re to at least the end of 2015. There has been no material change to the cost or contractual terms of these arrangements.
The extended arrangements are in addition to the current co-insurance agreement with Munich Re (covering 40% of the UK business), which runs to at least the end of 2016.

A primary school choir from Newport have a smart new look for their performances after receiving matching t-shirts thanks to a donation by local employer, Admiral.
Somerton Primary School received funding from Admiral after Gareth Selfe, who works in the Communications department, applied to the company's Community Chest scheme. The scheme provides funding for charities and organisations in which staff members or their families are involved.

A woman who works in Admiral in Swansea, is raising money for Cancer Research Wales by pledging to have her head shaved by colleagues. Angela Beale-Roberts, who works in Admiral's People Services department, has been receiving donations from across the company, with the person who donates the most, getting to shave Angela's head themself.

Angela originally set a fundraising target of £2,000 but thanks to the generous donations of Admiral staff, she has already received over £3,000. Admiral will also be contributing to the money raised by staff through its Community Chest Scheme.

Ysgol Gymraeg Nant Caerau, a Welsh language Primary school in Ely, Cardiff, has received funding from local employer Admiral to help expand the school's library of Welsh language books.

The School received funding after Terina Harris, whose son attended the school, applied to the company's Community Chest scheme which provides funding for charities and organisations in which staff members or their families are involved.

Staff from Admiral's office in Swansea have raised £1,966 for both the Welsh Air Ambulance Service and Brecon Mountain Rescue. Staff in the company's Sales department raised the money through a number of different events including; raffles, name the dog competitions, penalty shoot-outs and a sponsored walk where employees completed the eight mile Brecon Horse-shoe walk. Admiral matched the money raised by staff through its Community Chest Scheme.

Staff from across Admiral have raised over £2,500 for the charity, Hammer Out Brain Tumours which raises awareness of brain tumours and the needs of those affected by them.

Staff at Admiral's offices in Cardiff, Swansea and Newport wore bandanas for a day to show their support for colleague John Murray, from our Cardiff Sales office who is currently undergoing treatment for a brain tumour. John had previously overcome the illness in 2004, however he was recently told that it had returned in a more aggressive form which has left him with limited treatment options.

Admiral Group plc announces a strong annual result with profit before tax of £345 million for the year to December 2012, an increase of 15% over the previous year. The Board is proposing a final dividend for 2012 of 45.5 pence per share, to be paid on 24 May 2013.

2012 Preliminary Results Highlights

HUTS, a charitable organisation based in Newcastle Emlyn that offers art, craft and other learning opportunities to adults with mental health problems, has received funding from Welsh employer Admiral to go towards the purchase of a table top potter's wheel which will enable wheelchair users to make full use of pottery equipment.

Welsh rugby’s title sponsor Admiral has extended its current sponsorship contract with the reigning RBS 6 Nations Champions for a further two years, ensuring its name remains on the national team jersey until 2015.

Admiral’s logo first appeared in 2010, uniting Wales’ only FTSE 100 listed company with its national sport for the first time and it will now be retained until the next Rugby World Cup.

Admiral’s decision to extend the partnership strengthens the bond between two of the most high profile and successful organisations in Wales.

Insurers sweeten their offer to female drivers before gender ruling hits

Car insurance has plummeted by £360 (13.6%) for drivers aged 17-20, but 2013 could see dramatic price rises after this December’s EU gender ruling. Confused.com experts warn 17-20 year old drivers to take advantage of today’s preferential rates but warns young drivers to avoid 2013’s predicted price hikes by shopping around.

Average comprehensive car insurance prices now stand at £757 as of Q3 2012, compared to £843 for Q3 of last year, a significant year-on-year fall of £87 (10.3%).

Admiral announces another record half-year profit and continued growth. Profit before tax at £171.8 million was 7% ahead of H1 2011, while turnover rose 6% to £1.17 billion.

The Board is declaring a record interim dividend payment of 45.1 pence per share.

H1 2012 Highlights

Employees from Admiral’s Newport office have raised £3,000 for the Sparkle Appeal by completing a 30 mile walk in 12 hours, from the office in Newport to Admiral’s headquarters in Cardiff.

The group of 22 staff members set out from Admiral’s office in Langstone Business Park at 6am arriving at Capital Tower in Cardiff City Centre at 6pm.

Admiral Group has been named the best large place to work in the UK by the Great Place to Work Institute in their Best Workplaces list.

To add to this achievement, it also won an unprecedented four special awards for Health and Wellbeing, Learning and Development, Most Trusted Leadership and Disability. It is the company's highest ever placing since first appearing in the list in 2001. Last year Admiral Group came 9th.

A team of greenfingered volunteers from Admiral made all the difference to a Cardiff resident by transforming an overgrown garden into a space she could enjoy.

South Wales-based Admiral Group has taken a major step forward in the construction of its new headquarters in Cardiff city centre, with a ceremony to turn the first sod on the scheme.

Admiral CEO Henry Engelhardt was joined by Tony Nash, Director of the developer Stoford and Hector McAlpine from the construction company Sir Robert McAlpine Limited to mark the occasion.

Also on site were nine of Admiral’s longest serving members of staff who joined the company on its first day of business in January 1993.

Admiral has achieved an unanimous decision from the Newport City Council and their planners to proceed with the new build in Newport city centre. This keeps Admiral on target to complete the building during December 2013 and to move employees into the site in early 2014.

The new 77,000 sq ft office building will have excellent train and bus links and access to local amenities and demonstrates Admiral's commitment to Newport and South Wales.

The building will include:

A Gorseinon band has been able to boost its brass thanks to local employer Admiral.

Admiral Group plc ("the Group" or "Admiral") has completed the review of Chiarezza, the Group's price comparison operation in Italy, that was discussed at the time of Admiral's full year results on March 7th 2012.

Admiral today confirms that it has sold Chiarezza to BlackFin Assurance Courtage. As at the end of December 2011 Chiarezza had gross assets of £1.3 million.

Staff in Admiral's Newport office have raised £1,700 for Sports Relief by completing a 24 hour table tennis challenge.

11 members of staff from the Claims department in Langstone Business Park began their challenge at 7am on Friday 23rd March and only put their bats down at 7am the following morning.
After rallying support from colleagues, family and friends, the group raised more than £1,100 for the charity, with Admiral donating an extra £600 to match the amount given by employees, following the marathon ping pong event.

The Pontarddulais Football Club have some new kit thanks to local employer Admiral.

The senior team, who play in the first division of the Carmathenshire league, were in need of a new look. After three muddy seasons their old kit had been put through its paces and was more than ready for retirement.

Liz James-Mahoney, who works for Admiral, applied to the company's Community Chest and secured more than £500 for the club.

Construction of Admiral Group’s new headquarters in Cardiff city centre will be undertaken by Sir Robert McAlpine Limited, one of the UK's leading construction contractors.

The £60million development, which at 220,000sq ft will be the biggest pre-let office project ever seen in Cardiff will enable the insurance giant to employ more than 3,000 people in a single location offering easy access to public transport, shops, bars and restaurants.

With rugby internationals taking place in Cardiff this weekend and next, Admiral and Cardiff Street Pastors have joined forces with the WRU to highlight the importance of staying safe during nights out in Cardiff City Centre.

It is the second year local employer Admiral has supported Street Pastors, a voluntary organisation which makes sure Cardiff's weekend revellers are safe on nights out in the city.

Admiral Group plc (“Admiral” or “the Group”) today announces a strong annual result with a profit before tax of £299 million for the year to December 2011, an increase of 13% over the previous year. Turnover, comprising total premiums and other revenue, rose 38% to £2.19 billion. The Board is proposing a final dividend for 2011 of 36.5 pence per share, to be paid on 1 June 2012.

2011 Preliminary Results Highlights

Staff at local employer Admiral have raised more than £2,500 in aid of the Christian Lewis Trust, Kids Cancer Charity.
Thanks to cake bakes, raffles, company match funding and a sponsored walk from Admiral's headquarters in Cardiff to their SA1 office, the staff raised £2,553.
Louise Darnell, from Admiral's Claims department said, "We picked Christian Lewis because they're based in Swansea, and we had heard about the excellent work they do supporting families who have been affected by cancer.

Admiral Group plc has announced provisional plans to take a 20-year lease on a new 77,000 sq ft office building in Newport city centre as part of its continued commitment to south Wales. The company anticipates the building will be ready for occupation by the end of 2013 and will be able to accommodate up to 1,200 members of staff.

The Group is pleased to announce that its direct insurance operation in France, L’Olivier (Olive Tree), launched today from its offices in Paris. As with our other international operations, we expect a modest start with small initial volumes as we learn more about the French market and how to develop our model. The Group will provide further update when it announces its results for the year ending 31 December 2010 on 2nd March 2011.

Admiral Group plc (“the Group”) is in discussions with Itzehoer Versicherung in respect of the sale of AdmiralDirekt, the Group’s start-up car insurance operation in Germany. Itzehoer Verischerung have expressed an interest in purchasing the Admiral Direkt operations and car insurance portfolio. The terms of any sale are yet to be finalised and it is not certain that a sale will take place. AdmiralDirekt is continuing business as usual.

The Welsh Rugby Union today, Wednesday 8 September, unveiled its new national team kit for the 2010 / 2011 season featuring, for the first time, the logo of new shirt sponsor and official partner Admiral.

The Wales international rugby squad kit has been designed, produced and manufactured by American performance sports clothing giant Under Armour since 2008.

Admiral announces another record half-year profit and continued strong growth. Profit before tax at £126.9 million was 21% ahead of H1 2009, whilst turnover rose 33% to £720.5 million. The Board is declaring a record interim dividend payment of 32.6p per share.

H1 2010 Highlights

South Wales motor insurance specialist Admiral Group has announced plans to move into a new headquarters in Cardiff city centre.

The new office, which at 220, 000 sq ft will be the biggest pre-let office project ever seen in Cardiff, will be developed by Midlands-based property specialists Stoford. It will allow Admiral to potentially increase the number of people it employs in the capital to more than 3,000 in a single building.

The decision is still subject to satisfactory planning permission being granted by Cardiff City Council.

With unemployment figures at their highest since 1994 not many companies have good news regarding recruitment. But one company is bucking the trend and has already recruited 490 people this year and plans to take on a further 261 by the end of June.

In a momentous year for Welsh golf, insurance firm Admiral, one of Wales’ largest employers, has joined forces as the official partner to the prestigious Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open to give the sport a further boost in the run up to The Ryder Cup.

Wales will launch its assault on the most powerful teams in World rugby from this autumn with a new multi million pound sponsorship partnership which emblazons the international insurance services brand Admiral onto the famous Welsh jersey.

The Welsh Rugby Union has contracted to Admiral for the next three years in a deal which links two of the biggest brands now representing the sporting, commercial and culture image of the nation outside Wales.

Admiral achieves another record profit coupled with continued strong growth. Profit before tax at £216 million was 7% ahead of 2008, whilst turnover rose 18% to £1,077 million. The Board is
declaring a second interim dividend for 2009 of 29.8p, to be paid on 1 April, in place of a final dividend.

2009 Preliminary Results Highlights

The Group is pleased to announce that its price comparison website in Italy, trading under the name of Chiarezza.it (meaning ‘clarity’), has launched from its offices based in Milan. As with our other international operations, we expect a modest start with small initial volumes as we test various marketing campaigns. The Group will provide further update when it announces its results for the year ending 31 December 2009 on 2nd March 2010.

The Group is pleased to announce that its price comparison website in France, trading under the name of LeLynx.fr, has launched from its offices based in Paris. As with other international operations, we will start modestly, volumes are expected to be small during the coming months as we test various marketing campaigns. The Group will provide further update when it announces its results for the year ending 31 December 2009 in March 2010.

Admiral Group (“Admiral”) today announces that it has signed new reinsurance contracts with Munich Re and Hannover Re for its new car insurance operation in the USA, Elephant Insurance (“Elephant”). Admiral also announces that it has extended its long-term coinsurance and reinsurance arrangements with Munich Re for its UK, Spanish and Italian businesses, while the existing agreement for the German business remains in place.

Admiral Group, the FTSE 100 UK insurance group, and Mapfre S.A., member of the IBEX 35 index, announce Mapfre Familiar’s purchase of a 25% shareholding in Admiral’s new price comparison business in Spain, Rastreator.com. Terms of the purchase have not been disclosed.

Rastreator.com launched at the end of March as one of the first car insurance price comparison sites in Spain. It is attempting to follow the highly successful footsteps of Confused.com in the UK.

Admiral Group plc is delighted to announce that it has today launched its new car insurance operation in the USA. The business, based in Richmond Virginia, will trade under the name of Elephant and will sell car insurance to US customers direct by telephone and internet. It will initially trade in one state only, Virginia, and, in common with our other international operations, will start modestly as we learn more about the US market and how to develop our model. The Group will provide further update when it announces its results for the year ended 31 December 2009 in March 2010.

Admiral achieves another record half year profit coupled with continued good growth. Profit before tax at £105.3 million was 5% ahead of H1 2008, whilst turnover rose 17% to £540.1 million. The Board is declaring a record interim dividend payment of 27.7p per share.

H1 2009 Highlights

The Group is pleased to announce that its price comparison website in Spain, trading under the name of Rastreator, has launched from its offices based in Madrid. It is intended that various marketing campaigns will be tested over the coming months and volumes will be small during this period. The Group will provide further update when it announces its interim results for the half year ending 30 June 2009 in August 2009.

Admiral Group plc (“Admiral” or “the Group”) today announces a strong annual result with a profit before tax of £202.5 million for the year to December 2008, an increase of 11% over the previous year. Turnover, comprising total premiums and other revenue, rose 13% to £910 million.

2008 Preliminary Results Highlights

Admiral announces another record half-year profit and continued strong growth. Profit before tax at £100.3 million was 16% ahead of H1 2007, whilst turnover rose 13% to £472.5 million. The Board is therefore declaring a record dividend payment of 26.0p per share.

H1 2008 Highlights

Admiral Group plc (“Admiral” or “the Group”) today announces a record annual result with a profit before tax of £182.1 million for the year to December 2007, an increase of 24% over the previous year. Turnover, comprising total premiums written, gross other income and investment income, rose 16% to £824.9 million.

2007 Preliminary Results Highlights

Admiral Group plc (“Admiral” or “the Group”) today announces a strong interim result with a profit before tax of £86.3 million for the six months to 30 June 2007, an increase of 26% over the same period in 2006. Group turnover, comprising total premiums written, gross other income and investment income, rose 16% to £417.8 million.

2007 Interim Results Highlights

Admiral Group plc ("Admiral" or "the Group") today announces a record annual result with a profit of £147.3 million for the year to December 2006, an increase of 23% over the previous year. Group turnover, comprising total premiums written, gross other income and investment income, rose 11% to £708.2 million.

2006 Preliminary Results Highlights

Admiral Group plc (“Admiral” or “the Group”) today announces a strong interim result with a profit before tax of £68.7 million for the six months to 30 June 2006, an increase of 24% over the same period in 2005. Group turnover, comprising total premiums written, gross other income and investment income, rose 12% to £359.2 million.

2006 Interim Results Highlights

Admiral Group plc ("Admiral" or "the Group") today announces a record annual result with a core profit1 of £122.1 million for the year to December 2005, an increase of 21% over the previous year. Group turnover, comprising total premiums written, gross other income and investment income, rose 16% to £638.4 million.

2005 Preliminary Results Highlights

Leading Welsh employer Admiral Group is strengthening its position in Wales by creating more than 250 jobs in Swansea over the next 3 years. In order to accommodate the increased numbers it's moving from its current Alexandra House location to brand new purpose built offices on the SA1 Swansea Waterfront development.

Admiral Group plc ("Admiral", or "the Group") today announces record interim results with a core profit* of £56.9 million for the six months to June 2005, an increase of 17% over the same period in 2004. Group turnover, comprising total premiums written, gross other income and investment income, rose 19% to £319.3 million.

2005 Interim Result Highlights

Admiral Group plc ("Admiral", or "the Company") today provides an update on current trading. The Company will announce its 2005 first half-year results on 6 September 2005.

Highlights

Admiral's turnover grew to £319.4m in H1 2005 compared to £269.3m H1 2004, an increase of 19%. Compared to H2 2004 turnover is up 15%.

Financial services intermediary Admiral is offering to pick up the tab for talented Welsh students at Europe's premier business school. Over the next 3 years, Admiral will offer at least 3 Welsh students scholarships of up to £20,000 each to help cover the cost of tuition and living expenses at INSEAD business school.

Admiral Group plc ("Admiral", or "the Group") today announces a record adjusted core profit of £100.6 million for the year to December 2004, an increase of 30% over the year earlier. Aggregate group turnover, comprising total premiums written, gross other income and allocated investment income, rose 28% to £548.0 million.

2004 Highlights

Before entering its closed period on 21 January 2005, Admiral Group plc ("Admiral", or "the Company") today provides an update on current trading. The Company will announce its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2004 on 21 March 2005.

Admiral expects to deliver profits in 2004 in line with management expectations set out at the time of the Company's Initial Public Offering in September 2004.

2004 Highlights

Admiral Group plc ("Admiral") is delighted to announce that it has been included in the FTSE 250 index following the quarterly review of the UK Index Series, as announced by FTSE today.

Admiral was ranked 189th largest FTSE company, according to the FTSE ground rules, which give a 40% weighting to the Company's total market capitalisation of £829.4m (at market close on 7 December 2004), based on its free float of 37.4%.

All announced index changes will be effective on Monday, 20 December 2004, as announced by FTSE today.

Admiral Group plc ("Admiral", or "the Company") today announces a change to its proportional reinsurance arrangements for wholly owned underwriting subsidiary Admiral Insurance (Gibraltar) Limited ("AIGL").

With effect from 1 January 2005, Gen Re and Axis Re Europe ("Axis") have agreed to increase their reinsurance participation to 5% each of Admiral's total written premium from previously negotiated shares of 2.5% and 1%, respectively. Gen Re has secured a 12-month contract and Axis has secured a 24-month contract.

Admiral Group plc ("Admiral" or "the Company") today announces the successful pricing of its initial public offering of existing ordinary shares to institutional investors (the "Global Offer").

Admiral Group plc ("Admiral" or "the Company") today announces the successful pricing of its initial public offering of existing ordinary shares to institutional investors (the "Global Offer").

Admiral Group Limited (“Admiral” or “the Company”) announces today the launch of a global offer of existing ordinary shares (“the Global Offer”) through an institutional offering as part of its plans to float on the London Stock Exchange. The indicative price range of the Global Offer is 245 pence to 300 pence per existing ordinary share, which implies an equity value for the Company of between £634 million and £776 million.

Admiral Group, the financial services intermediary, announces today a 30.5% increase in adjusted core profit for the six months ended 30 June 2004 to 45.3 million. Aggregate group turnover, comprising total premiums written, gross other income and allocated investment income, rose 30.2% to 269.3 million (2003 H1: 206.8 million).