This is the AXA PPP healthcare story
2002
PPP healthcare is renamed AXA PPP healthcare, to reflect our membership of the Global AXA Group.

1999
On 10 May 1999 Sun Life and Provincial Holdings (SLPH), the UK subsidiary of the Global AXA Group, one of the world's leading insurance and asset management companies, acquired Guardian Royal Exchange, the parent company of PPP healthcare.

1998
Guardian Royal Exchange Group acquired PPP healthcare from the PPP healthcare foundation limited with the proceeds of the sale (some £540m) going to the PPP healthcare medical trust.

1997
We began to introduce a network of recommended hospitals chosen for their quality, value and range of services. Building closer, long term links with these carefully selected hospitals benefits customers, the hospitals and us alike.

1996
We founded Access 24, a telephone based company providing expert professional health information services and counselling services for our employee assistance programme, Employee Support.

We established preferred provider links with NHS cancer centres to provide customers with high quality cancer care services. We set up a joint venture with the American healthcare company Columbia/HCA Healthcare, to own and operate four of London's best known private hospitals. The Wellington Hospital, the Princess Grace Hospital, the Portland Hospital for Women and Children and the Harley Street Clinic.

1995
We introduced a new look brand with the slogan "there to support you" emphasising our focus on customers' healthcare needs and our intention to offer people a comprehensive range of services designed to provide them with personal healthcare for life.

1993
Denplan, the UK's largest private dental care service, with its unique focus on preventative dental care, is acquired.