We were acquired by Guardian Royal Exchange, which was itself acquired the following year by Sun Life & Provincial Holdings, part of the AXA Group.
We were also on the acquisition trail, buying the UK's leading provider of occupational health services, Medical Industrial Services (MIS) Ltd, which was rebranded AXA PPP healthcare Occupational Health Services in 2003.
More product innovations were launched too. In 1998, we launched Back to Health, a corporate scheme aimed at lowering the cost of sickness absence.