January

Milena Mondini became the new CEO of Admiral Group

February

We were named the Best Big Company to Work For in the UK at the Sunday Times Best Companies awards. We are also the only company who has made the Sunday Times List every year since it began in 2001, that's 19 years in a row!

December

We now have more than 1 million home insurance customers!

December

Through our newly formed Ministry of Giving, we announced donations of £100,000 over two years to four charities. The charities receiving the donations are Llamau, Maggie’s, Royal Voluntary Service and Wooden Spoon and the funding will enable them to fund tangible and sustainable projects in the cities where our UK offices are based.

October

We were named the 20th best workplace in the world in the annual 25 Great Place to Work’s World’s Best Workplaces list. More than 12 million employees from over 7,000 companies around the globe participated in the survey process which assessed employees’ views on leadership, organisational culture, and trust.

May

ConTe.it celebrates its 10th birthday

May

Admiral welcomed its 10,000th employee who has started work in the company’s Claims department in Cardiff. When we launched in 1993, we had just 57 members of staff based in Cardiff. 25 years later, we now employ 10,000 members of staff in eight different countries across the world.

April

Admiral insured it 4 millionth car meaning we now insure 1 in 7 cars in the UK. The first car we insured was an Isuzu Piazza Turbo Coupe 2 Door Saloon and our four millionth car is a Peugeot 108.

January

Admiral celebrates its 25th birthday. Launched on 2nd January 1993 with just one brand, zero customers and 57 members of staff, Admiral now has 15 brands around the world with over 5 million customers, and 9,000 members of staff (over 6,300 of these in South Wales).

May

Confused.com celebrated it's 15th birthday with a big party!

February

As well as coming 2nd in Best Big Companies to Work For, Admiral Group received a special award for Discovering Potential and CEO David Stevens won Best Leader.

January

Admiral Group exceeded the 5 million customers mark

August

The world's most famous driver James Corden stars in Confused.com's new TV ad campaign, that sees us return to focus on the driver finding savings on motor products, as well as championing driver's rights.

June

Our American direct insurer Elephant Auto expanded into two new states - Indiana and Tennessee.

May

David Stevens became the new CEO of Admiral Group.

March

Henry Engelhardt and wife Diane announced a surprise parting gift at our annual Staff General Meeting, revealing they would give £1,000 to all full time employees and £500 to all part time employees across the Group.

February

CEO Henry Engelhardt won the Best Leader award at the Sunday Times Best Companies To Work For awards ceremony for the 3rd year running, coming first in the leadership category for big companies. Admiral Group came 6th in the list of Best Big Companies To Work For.

October

Admiral Group were named the Best Motor Insurance Provider in the Personal Finance Awards for the third time in a row. The results of these awards are based entirely on consumer votes and aim to celebrate the best businesses and products within the UK’s personal finance markets.

August

We launched a brand new website called Carfused.com. Carfused is the one-stop shop that brings you insurance, finance and a huge range of used and new cars together all in one place, completely free to use and linked with Confused.com.

May

Admiral Group’s CEO and founder Henry Engelhardt announced he would be stepping down from his role as CEO in one year’s time. He also announced co-founder and COO David Stevens will be his replacement.

February

Admiral Group’s new headquarters, Tŷ Admiral, was officially opened by members of the Welsh rugby team. Staff numbers continued to grow, with over 7,000 staff employed by the Admiral Group globally

February

Admiral Group was named the 5th Best Company to Work For in the UK’s Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For list. We also received a special recognition award for being the only company in the list for 15 years since the competition began and CEO Henry Engelhardt won the Best Leader award for the second year running

28 February

Admiral Group named the 2nd in the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For

May

Admiral Law and BDE Law Launch.

4th March

Comparenow.com launches in the USA

December

Admiral launches its own household insurance product

June

Admiral Group has been named the 4th best Multinational place to work in Europe by the Great Place to Work Institute in their Best Workplaces list

April

• Admiral Solutions opened in New Delhi, India.
• Chiarezza the Group's Italian aggregator is sold to BlackFin.

February

We featured in the top 10 of the Best Companies awards for the first time

December

L'Olivier launched from offices in Paris, L'Olivier is a direct insurance operation and is the Group's second French brand

February

Chiarezza.it became the Group's fourth price comparison site and is based in Milan, Italy

October

Elephant Auto is the Group's first car insurance company in the United States of America

October

Admiral opens an office in Newport

December

Admiral became the second ever Welsh company to join the FTSE 100

October

Balumba.es launches in Spain

December

Admiral launches "MultiCar"

October

Confused.com wins National E-Commerce Award for Best Sales and Marketing

April

The Admiral Group makes it onto The Financial Times 50 Best Workplaces in the UK and 100 Best Workplaces in the EU for the third consecutive year

November

The Admiral Group is named Business of the Year at the National Business Awards

July

The Admiral Group is named Wales & West Business of the Year at the National Business Awards

April

The Claims department receives its one-millionth claim

December

The Group's turnover tops the £400 million mark

May

The Admiral Group makes it onto The Financial Times 50 Best Workplaces in the UK at position number 7 and is named one of the 100 Best Workplaces in the EU

December

Munich Re, the world's largest reinsurer, shows its confidence in Admiral by purchasing an 18% share of the Company

March

The Admiral Group makes it onto The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For list at position 42

August

The Group's turnover tops the £300 million mark

March

The Admiral Group makes it onto The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For list at position 3

December

The Admiral Group launches its fifth brand, elephant.co.uk. It is the UK's first insurer to offer a complete on-line solution to car insurance. It is destined to become the third most visited car insurance website in the UK

December

The Group's turnover tops the £200 million mark.

May

The Admiral Group is named Welsh Company of the Year at the Welsh Business Awards. An achievement everyone is very proud of

April

Gladiator Commercial is launched, becoming our fourth brand. Gladiator Commercial is a commercial vehicle insurance intermediary, selling van insurance on behalf of a panel of insurers. It too is based in Swansea

June

Two new brands are launched; Bell Direct which targets motorists with full no claims bonus and those paying by credit card and Diamond, created especially for women motorists who traditionally have less expensive claims. Diamond becomes the first brand based wholly in Swansea

December

The Group's turnover tops the £100 million mark

May

The Admiral customer base reaches 250,000 policyholders

October

Admiral's website goes live, making it the first UK direct insurer with an Internet presence

2 August

The first ever Admiral TV commercial is broadcast