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The French insurance giant Axa has appointed J. Walter Thompson to its pounds 23 million creative advertising account following a final head-to-head battle against BMP DDB.
TBWA/London had held Axa's pounds 1.5 million corporate account but was put on alert in January as Axa announced its intention to hold a winner-takes-all pitch across its three divisions.
The initial longlist of agencies pitching for the account saw TBWA, Publicis, BMP, WFCA Integrated, HHM and JWT present.
JWT is now tasked with developing a unified advertising strategy across Axa PPP Healthcare, Axa Insurance and Axa Sun Life.
'BMP and JWT were both very strong, but the selection team felt JWT was the right choice for brand development going forward. We want to unite further the Axa brands,' Darrin Nightingale, the head of brand ...