AXA expands in region; opens new shop at Sahara Centre in Sharjah

DUBAI MEDIA CITY, UAE - March 26, 2014 - PRLog -- Continuing its expansion strategy across the GCC countries, AXA Insurance Gulf – one of the largest and leading non-life international insurers in the region – recently announced the opening of its new AXA Shop at Sahara Centre in Sharjah.

The shop, situated on the first level of the mall, is situated adjacent to the food court and offers a strategic and accessible location to their customers and a multitude of individual products, including home, motor, travel, healthcare as well as SME insurance solutions.

The shop is open from 10 AM to 11 PM Saturday to Wednesday; from 10 AM to 12 AM on Thursday, and from 1 PM to 12 AM on Fridays.

Jérôme Droesch, CEO of AXA Insurance Gulf, said: “Over the last few months, we have spread our presence across strategic locations in the UAE and across the wider Gulf. This is part of our strategy to make our AXA shops accessible to our customers. Our new shop at the iconic Sahara Centre helps customers to choose their preferred insurance products with added ease and convenience.”

He added: “We value our customers and their needs, and ensure that they receive timely advice, assistance and care that they deserve – and we are confident that the new shop, with its prime location and availability of staff all week days and during weekends, will effectively cater to all customers’ insurance needs.”

AXA is expanding aggressively its distribution model, notably the AXA Shops. “We now have over 30 shops in the region with 7 more due to open in Q1 of 2014,” added Mr. Droesch.

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About AXA in the Gulf

With a workforce of over 800 employees, 22 branches region-wide, more than 500,000 customers and 2013 gross written premium of over US$ 768 million, AXA is one of the largest international non-life player in the GCC offering a wide range of insurance products and services for corporate and individual customers. AXA in the Gulf was recently awarded Insurer of the Year for the 5^th consecutive year and Personal Lines insurer in 2014 at the MENA Insurance Awards and best Motor insurance product by the Banker Middle East. For more information log on to http://www.axa-gulf.com/

About AXA Group

AXA Group is a worldwide leader in insurance and asset management, with more than 160,000 employees serving 102 million clients in 57 countries. In 2013, IFRS revenues amounted to Euro 91.3 billion and IFRS underlying earnings to Euro 4.7 billion. AXA had Euro 1,113 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2013.

For additional information, please contact:

Alexis de Beauregard

AXA Gulf Marketing,

Tel: +971 44476350

Email: alexis.debeauregard@axa-gulf.com

www.axa-gulf.com

Menna Talla MOHY EL DIN
Regional Communication Manager, AXA Insurance (Gulf) B.S.C. (c)

Tel. : +971 (0) 4 447 6349 - Mob. : +971 (0) 56 682 7104
Email: menna.mohy@axa-gulf.com

www.axa-gulf.com