Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance
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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]
References
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- ↑ 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
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