drug 9 2 phosphonyl methoxypropyly adenine see tenofovir . this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . july 2009 axa insurance limited industry insurance headquarters dublin ireland products car home small business commercial vehicle taxi insurance website www.axa.ie axa insurance ireland is an irish insurance company headquartered in dublin . the axa group of companies are engaged in car home small business commercial vehicle and taxi insurance products . axa is the third biggest general insurer in the republic of ireland . 1 contents 1 the axa name 2 history 3 see also 4 references 5 external links the axa name edit despite being written in upper case axa is not an acronym but was chosen because its name can be pronounced easily by people who speak any language . after acquiring the drouot group in 1982 the company hired an outside consultant to conduct a computer aided search for a new name . the selection criteria consisted of a short and snappy name to convey vitality a name that begins with the letter a so that it would appear near the top of all lists and something that could be pronounced easily in every language consistent with the group s desire for an international presence . in 1985 chairman and ceo claude b b ar chose the name axa . 2 history edit it established its presence in ireland in 1999 when it bought british based guardian royal exchange 3 which had previously acquired pmpa . 1 pmpa private motorists protection association 4 was at the time one of ireland s biggest insurance companies . pmpa had gotten into financial difficulties in the 1980s and required the irish government to assist by giving it financial support . see also edit companies portal axa ardian formerly axa private equity european financial services roundtable references edit a b irish times axa plans 10m investment to expand financial services axa website history of the axa name new york times axa of france to buy guardian of britain bbc news irish insurance troubles nothing new external links edit official site v t e major insurance and reinsurance companies insurance composite aegon ageas aig allianz allstate aon aviva axa china pacific insurance china taiping generali ing japan post insurance national mutual insurance federation of agricultural cooperatives ping an insurance prudential plc pzu state farm insurance the hartford unipol unipolsai usaa vienna insurance group zurich insurance group farmers insurance group general insurance berkshire hathaway bnp paribas bradesco seguros direct line group hyundai marine & fire insurance if p & c insurance insurance australia group liberty mutual mapfre ms & ad insurance group picc qbe insurance rsa insurance group samsung fire & marine insurance sompo japan tokio marine travelers xl group life insurance aia aviva bupa china life cnp assurances dai ichi life great eastern jackson legal & general lic india lincoln manulife financial meiji yasuda life metlife new york life nippon life northwestern mutual old mutual phoenix group prudential financial samsung life scottish widows standard life sumitomo life sun life swiss life taikang life reinsurance gen re hannover re lloyd s of london munich re reinsurance group of america scor swiss re xl group methodology applicable fy2013 14 revenues of over us 3 billion retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title axa ireland & oldid 715709069 categories financial services in the republic of irelandcompanies based in dublin city insurance companies of irelandhidden categories use dmy dates from july 2015use irish english from july 2015all wikipedia articles written in irish englishorphaned articles from july 2009all orphaned articles 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 deutschespa olfran aisbahasa indonesiaitalianonederlands polskirom n sloven ina edit links this page was last modified on 17 april 2016 at 14 32 . 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