AA plc, trading as The AA (formerly The Automobile Association), is a British motoring association founded in 1905, which currently provides vehicle insurance, driving lessons, breakdown cover, loans, motoring advice, road maps and other services. The association demutualised in 1999, to become a private limited company, and from 2014 a public limited company (plc). In 2021, a consortium led by Tower Brook capital partners and Warburg Pincus completed the acquisition of AA Limited (formerly known as AA PLC)