AXA unveils a new Retail Shop at the Nakheel Centre in Saar

June 10, 2012 - PRLog -- AXA unveils a new Retail Shop at the Nakheel Centre in Saar

•   AXA Gulf speeds up its expansion strategy in Bahrain
•   Expands its footprint in Bahrain to better service its clients

As part of an expansion strategy aimed at increasing its geographical footprint in the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Gulf, AXA Gulf – one of the largest and the leading non-life international insurers in the Middle East – today announced the opening of its new retail shop at the Nakheel Centre in Saar. A stone’s throw from the St Christopher’s Junior School, the Centre is already becoming a firm favourite amongst local residents. With popular brands such as Waitrose, Starbucks, Esquires and Kono Pizza already open; AXA is looking forward to welcoming its customers, both new and existing, to the new location.

The new retail shop was opened on the 15th of April and this new state of the art shop is the second AXA Shop in Bahrain, following the successful opening of the shop in Ramli Mall (A’Ali) last year. The new shop, located on the 1st floor of the Nakheel Centre, will offer a whole host of AXA services including policy issuance, policy renewal, documentation and information on all personal retail products.

“Both of the shops support AXA’s renewed commitment to be more Available to our retail customers. With the Nakheel Centre Shop now open, AXA offers three convenient locations for our customers to visit – the AXA Branch in Seef, the Ramli Mall Shop in A’ali, and Nakheel Centre Shop in Saar. Our customers are now able to visit an AXA location 7 days a week, and coupled with our new 24 hour Call Centre, we hope our customers now find our services more convenient.” explained AXA’s Country Manager Stephen Wagstaff.

The new shop is aimed at offering a strategic and accessible location intended to boost AXA customer convenience and provide a one-stop destination for a variety of retail insurance solutions – part of AXA’s mandate to extend its world-class service backed by its unique insurance solutions. AXA’s products on offer include its robust and comprehensive Motor Perfect, Travel Smart & Home Comfort products, as well as products covering Golf, Health, Life and Personal Accident. Finally, this expansion strategy is a real testimony of AXA’s strategy to become more available and the preferred insurance company for its customers. This will comfort AXA Gulf as a leading insurer in Bahrain both in personal and commercial lines

The shop is open 6 days a week from 8am to 8pm (closed Friday).

Notes to the editor:

About AXA in the Gulf
With a workforce of over 700 employees, 12 offices region-wide, more than 500,000 customers and 2011 gross written premium of over US$ 510 million, AXA is the largest international non-life player in the GCC offering a wide range of insurance products and services for corporate and individual customers. AXA Gulf was recently awarded Insurer of the Year 2011 at the MENA Insurance Awards, Best Medical Insurer of the Year 2011 at the Insurex Conference and Best Motor Insurance provider at the latest Car Middle East Awards.

About AXA Group
The AXA Group is a worldwide leader in insurance and asset management serving 101 million clients. For full year 2011, IFRS
revenues amounted to Euro 86.1 billion and IFRS underlying earnings to Euro 3.9 billion. AXA had Euro 1,079 billion in assets undermanagement as of December 31, 2011.

For additional information, please contact:
Alexis de Beauregard            
AXA Gulf Marketing,
Tel: +971 4 4453850
Email: alexis.debeauregard@axa-gulf.com