adm industry insurance founded 1991 founder henry engelhardt headquarters cardiff key people alastair lyons chairman david stevens ceo revenue 904.8 million 2015 1 operating income 379.8 million 2015 1 net income 291.8 million 2015 1 website www.admiralgroup.co.uk admiral group plc 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 . contents 1 history 2 operations 2.1 uk brands 2.2 overseas brands 3 controversy 4 references 5 external links history edit 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 on 13 may 2015 it was announced that the founder of admiral henry engelhardt would step down as ceo and be replaced in 2016 by david stevens the coo . 5 operations edit uk brands edit t admiral . the head office of the admiral group admiral group operates under a number of brands in the uk admiral insurance bell from admiral exclusively telematics policies previously bell insurance confused.com diamond insurance for female drivers launched in july 1997 elephant gladiator for commercial vehicles overseas brands edit it also operates under a number of brands outside the uk balumba qualitas auto and rastreator spain assicurazioni conte italy l olivier assurance auto and lelynx france elephant auto insurance and compare.com united states controversy edit in november 2012 admiral were criticised by the police and the bbc for penalising vehicle drivers who had opted to take an educational course on speed awareness in place of receiving penalty points on their licence . although the police did not treat these courses as convictions admiral group companies had chosen to treat them as such and had raised insurance premiums for these drivers by between 80 and 300 . 6 references edit a b c preliminary results 2015 pdf . admiral group . retrieved 19 march 2016 . the interview admiral boss henry engelhardt . fmwf . 19 october 2011 . retrieved 17 march 2012 . a b admiral named exit of the year by acquisitions monthly . equistone . 19 january 2005 . admiral ipo begins successfully . post on line . 23 september 2004 . retrieved 17 march 2012 . treanor jill 14 may 2015 . admiral insurance founder to step down after 25 years . the guardian . retrieved 13 may 2015 . emma forde 18 november 2012 . car insurers start penalising speed awareness courses . bbc news . retrieved 18 november 2012 . external links edit companies portal official website yahoo profile duedil company profile v t e economy and industry of cardiff company and organisation headquarters 118 118 admiral group bbc cymru wales brains brewery coffee 1 clark s pies cube interactive iqe itv wales julian hodge bank media wales peacocks peski records placid casual principality building society see monkey do monkey s4c the barcud derwen group advanced transport systems veritair wjec wales social partners unit welsh national opera company and organisation major locations atradius asda stores british airways engineering british gas british telecom deloitte eversheds hbos ing direct j. sainsbury plc legal & general lloyds tsb nhs wales tesco stores ltd. the aa swalec zurich financial services major public sector employers cardiff and vale university health board cardiff bus cardiff council cardiff university coleg glan hafren department of trade and industry hm revenue and customs national assembly 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