AXA Gulf has been voted “Best insurance provider” at the 2005 Autocar Middle East Awards for the second consecutive year. Norwich Union, which is now AXA Gulf after their merger in 2005, had won the best insurance provider people’s choice award last year. The award reaffirms AXA’s strength and popularity as an insurance provider in the region. AXA Gulf has won this people’s choice award by a substantial 22 percent margin over their closest competitor. “The people’s choice award is a tremendous achievement for AXA Gulf and very timely for us considering the fact that 2005 has been the year of integration between the Norwich Union and AXA operations,” AXA Country Manager for Saudi Arabia Paul Adamson said. “It conveys the message of trust, excellence of service and quality of insurance solutions that AXA Gulf is offering to its large and expanding customer base.” “This award is in line with the excellent feedback we receive from our internal customer survey,” AXA Gulf’s Marketing Manager Julien Audrerie said.