September 11, 2018
AXA announced today that it has obtained all regulatory approvals required to complete the proposed acquisition of XL Group Ltd. previously announced on March 5, 2018. The Paris-based global insurer said it expects to close on the acquisition of XL …
September 3, 2018
France’s AXA Group moved a step closer to closing on its acquisition of XL Group as Nw York insurance regulators have given their approval of the deal. New York’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) on Friday announced it had approved …
August 2, 2018
AXA SA gave under-fire Chief Executive Officer Thomas Buberl a needed boost with first-half earnings that beat estimates and growth in new business. AXA, posting its first results since a disappointing partial spinoff of the French insurer’s U.S. unit, reported …
July 12, 2018
Following the completion of the acquisition of XL Group by AXA SA – expected in the second half of 2018 – the two insurers have chosen the name of the division that will be dedicated to large property/casualty commercial lines …
June 13, 2018
ING and AXA announced a long term and exclusive, multi-country bancassurance partnership to provide insurance products and related services through a central digital insurance platform. Under the partnership, ING will provide its leading digital banking experience and AXA its expertise …
March 6, 2018
AXA SA’s pursuit of its biggest ever takeover really got serious at a romantic hotel on the shores of Lake Zurich. That’s where top executives of the French behemoth and XL Group Ltd., fresh from the annual gathering of the …
March 5, 2018
XL Group’s CEO Mike McGavick has issued the following statement to clients and brokers in response to today’s announcement that XL has entered into an agreement to be acquired by French insurer AXA. Dear Valued Partners, We wanted to let …
March 4, 2018
AXA SA agreed to buy XL Group Ltd. for $15.3 billion in cash, seeking to capture a bigger slice of the U.S. property and casualty market as premiums rise after last year’s natural disasters. The French insurer is paying $57.60 …
January 26, 2018
Private property below ground in New York and Mumbai may not be insurable in the next decade if climate change advances, the head of one of Europe’s largest insurers said. “If you go much further to 2020, 2030, we can …
November 14, 2017
French insurer AXA will narrow its acquisition focus to 16 key countries and could sell some assets in markets where it lacks scale, its executives said on Tuesday. “We want to focus on fewer countries. We want to focus on …