verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message eui limited trading as admiral type wholly owned subsidiary industry financial services founded 1993 founder henry engelhardt headquarters cardiff wales key people david stevens ceo sue longthorn managing director products insurance parent admiral group website www.admiral.com admiral a trading name of eui limited 1 is a car insurance specialist founded in january 1993 . its head offices are in t admiral english admiral house cardiff wales . it also has offices in swansea newport halifax canada and india . admiral is a subsidiary of the admiral group along with its sister companies elephant.co.uk diamond insurance and bell insurance . contents 1 history 2 controversy 3 references 4 external links history edit t admiral . the head office of admiral insurance the admiral group floated on the london stock exchange in september 2004 it is currently the only ftse 100 listed company headquartered in wales . 2 it employs more than 8 000 people and has more than 4 million customers . the company s turnover was 2.19 billion in 2011 . 3 admiral traditionally specialised in providing car insurance for those with higher premiums ; younger drivers who lived in urban areas primarily in london south east england and scotland . however since the advent of price comparison sites it has insured a far wider cross section of motorists . in december 2005 it launched admiral multicar which enabled two or more people in the same household to insure their cars on one policy and get a discount on the overall price . admiral advertises that this product is only available directly and not through price comparison sites . in 2010 it was announced that admiral would sponsor the wales national rugby union team in a three year deal replacing brains brewery . no financial information was announced on this deal . admiral has been listed in the sunday times best companies to work for list every year since its inception . it has also been named in the great place to work institute s list of best workplaces in the uk every year . it has been named welsh company of the year 3 times ; in 1999 2005 and 2009 . 4 it was also named insurance company of the year by city am . 5 david stevens is ceo of the admiral group . 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 . whilst the police did not treat these courses as a conviction admiral group companies had chosen to rate on these courses as statistics show that drivers who have completed a speed awareness course are more likely to be involved in an accident . 6 references edit about admiral . eui limited . 2013 . retrieved 30 march 2013 . insurance firm creates 400 jobs . bbc news online . 2008 06 25 . retrieved 2012 01 13 . admiral reports record annual pre tax profits of nearly 300m . bbc news online . 2012 03 07 . retrieved 2012 03 29 . cbe for man who brought wales 2 500 jobs 28 apr 2008 retrieved november 19 2013 barry sion 2010 11 03 . admiral is insurance company of the year . media wales . retrieved 2012 01 13 . emma forde 18 november 2012 . car insurers start penalising speed awareness courses . bbc news . retrieved 18 november 2012 . external links edit official website 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 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