Five-point plan for Winterthur's future

After the global business was bought by Axa for £5.3bn, the UK division is one of the few Winterthur businesses in the world to hold onto the name

After last year's acquisition by Axa, Winterthur's business in the UK was dragged into the limelight. After the global business was bought by Axa for £5.3bn, the UK division is one of the few Winterthur operations around the world to hold onto the name. David Thompson, managing director at Winterthur Life UK, said: "In the UK, we did a lot of work to determine the business model after the acquisition was complete. The obvious temptation with an acquisition is to push the two companies together and see what happens. But the feedback from the market said we should keep the two separate as t...