Axa News
Where Insurers Rank Among World’s Top Brands: 2016
Allianz is the only global insurance organization that ranks among the top 50 most valuable brands in the world, but even the German company failed to garner the highest brand rating of AAA+ awarded ...
At No. 2, AXA Is Highest with P/C Operations on A.M. Best Global Insurer Ranking
Coming in at No. 2, French company AXA S.A. is the highest ranking insurer with property/casualty operations on A.M. Best's new roundup of the top global insurers by net premiums written. Half the ...
Insurers Stand to Win by Marketing to Women Globally: AXA and IFC
Women will become a vital customer base for insurers in the coming years as they play an increasing role in economic growth within emerging and other global markets. That's what the French insurer ...
French Insurer AXA Wants to Buy Genworth’s Lifestyle Protection Arm
Axa SA is in exclusive talks with Genworth Financial Inc. to buy its lifestyle protection insurance business for 475 million euros ($520 million) to create the third-biggest player in the European ...
AXA Says Stricter Insurer Capital Rules May Threaten European Recovery
AXA SA, France's biggest insurer, said plans to impose tighter capital rules on too-big-to-fail insurers will pose a new hurdle to European growth and do little to bolster financial stability. ...
Investing in Innovation: AXA VC Fund Backing Climate Impact, Airfare Predictors
In late February, AXA announced the launch of €200 million ($291 million) venture capital fund backing startups bringing innovations to the insurance, asset management, financial technology and ...
AXA Seeking Acquisitions in Emerging Markets
French insurance group AXA is looking for more acquisitions in emerging markets, the company said after posting a 14 percent rise in full-year net income and lifting its dividend by 13 percent. Faced ...
AXA Hires Barclays’ Porter to Oversee $515 Billion of Bonds
Axa Investment Managers, a division of France's largest insurer, hired John Porter from Barclays Plc to oversee 380 billion euros ($515 billion) in bonds. Porter, as global head of Axa's fixed-income ...