type limited company industry healthcare founded 1938 headquarters tunbridge wells kent key people keith george gibbs chief executive products health insurance private medical insurance website www.axappphealthcare.co.uk axa ppp healthcare is a uk private medical insurance provider and is part of the axa group of companies . 1 contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit axa ppp healthcare was originally known as the london association for hospital services set up in 1938 as a private healthcare scheme for people of middle income in london . 2 3 the company was incorporated in 1940 with assistance from the british medical association the king s fund and the medical royal colleges . 4 by 1960 it had grown to approximately 121 000 members . guardian royal exchange assurance acquired ppp healthcare in 1998 for 435 million and were subsequently themselves acquired by sun life & provincial holdings part of the axa group one year later . 5 operations edit the company has its headquarters in the town of tunbridge wells in kent england and is the town s largest private sector employer . 6 axa ppp healthcare provides individual private medical insurance for individuals and business as well as employee assistance programmes . in 2009 axa ppp international was created catering for the expatriate international health insurance market . axa ppp international was the winner of best international private medical insurance provider in the uk s 2012 health insurance awards . 7 in march 2012 the company acquired the bournemouth based specialist online private medical insurer health on line . 8 in may 2015 the company acquired simplyhealth s private medical insurance pmi business . 9 references edit axa ppp healthcare company profile from hoover s . hoovers.com . retrieved 2013 11 26 . axa ppp company history . pacificprime.com . retrieved 2013 11 26 . barrett sam 2011 08 30 . buyer s guide to private medical insurance buyer s guide . employee benefits . retrieved 2013 11 26 . the committee office house of commons 1999 07 21 . house of commons health appendices to the minutes of evidence . publications.parliament.uk . retrieved 2013 11 26 . guardian royal exchange market intelligence . ukbusinesspark.co.uk . retrieved 2013 11 26 . http www.tunbridgewells.gov.uk data assets pdf file 0009 15939 final 120601 tunbridge wells directory 2012 . pdf permanent dead link health insurance awards 2012 provider winners . healthinsurancedaily.com . retrieved 2013 11 26 . axa bolsters healthcare business with health on line acquisition . post magazine . 13 mar 2012 . retrieved 2013 11 26 . simplyhealth sells pmi business to axa ppp . cover magazine . 13 may 2015 . retrieved 2016 04 07 . external links edit axa ppp healthcare axa ppp international retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title axa ppp healthcare & oldid 742057818 categories insurance companies of the united kingdomtunbridge wells borough axahealth insurance companieshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2016articles with permanently dead external linksarticles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 october 2016 at 12 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view