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Intact Financial to Acquire AXA’s Canada Operations for $2.684 Billion

Jun 1 2011 // Intact Financial Corp has agreed to buy the Canadian arm of AXA Group for C$2.6 billion ($2.684 billion) in cash in a move that will boost its premiums by more than 40 percent and diversify its product mix.The deal to...

XL Group Posts $188 Million Q4 Net Income; FY $585.5 Million

Feb 9 2011 // The XL Group announced significant income gains for both the fourth quarter of 2010 and for the full year. Net income attributable to ordinary shareholders in Q4 was $188.1 million, or $0.57 per ordinary share, compared to...

S&P Puts AXA Insurance on CreditWatch After Ireland Ratings Downgrade

Feb 7 2011 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said today that it placed its ‘BBB+’ long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on AXA Insurance Ltd. on CreditWatch with negative...

AXA Acquires 80% Interest in B&B Insurance in Belarus

Feb 1 2011 // AXA Central & Eastern Europe announced the acquisition of 80 percent of B&B Insurance, the second largest insurer in Belarus, and its largest private insurer. AXA said the acquisition is another step in its...

AXA Appoints Droesch as CEO – Gulf Region

Dec 20 2010 // The French-based AXA Group has appointed Jérôme Droesch as CEO for the Gulf region. He was previously Regional CEO for the South-West region of AXA France, and replaces Jean-Louis Laurent Josi, who has been...

AXA Sues ING in New York over 2008 Mexican Insurance Sale

Nov 30 2010 // A unit of French insurer AXA has sued an arm of Dutch insurer ING in New York state court, alleging ING misrepresented the financial health of a Mexican insurance company it sold to AXA in 2008.AXA said it has suffered...

S&P Revises Outlook on XL Group to Stable; Affirms Ratings

Nov 24 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its outlook on XL Group Ltd. and its subsidiaries to stable from negative. S&P also affirmed its ‘A’ counterparty credit and financial strength...

AXA Seminar Details Growth, Capital Management Strategy

Nov 17 2010 // France’s AXA Group held its Autumn Investor Seminar in Paris on Monday, at which members of the insurer’s management team presented an update on its growth and capital management strategy, as well as the...

S&P Affirms AXA UK’s ‘AA-‘ Ratings; Removed from CreditWatch

Sep 27 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has removed its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on U.K.-based non-life insurer AXA Insurance U.K. PLC (AXAI) from CreditWatch with negative...

Australia Regulator Blocks NAB’s $12 Billion AXA Asia Pacific Bid

Sep 9 2010 // Australia’s competition regulator has again blocked National Australia Bank’s $12 billion bid for AXA Asia Pacific, dealing a blow to NAB’s 9-month efforts to cement its dominance in the world’s...

Resolution Close to $4 Billion AXA Deal

Jun 14 2010 // Resolution said it was close to buying AXA’s British life insurance arm, kick-starting its plan to consolidate the UK life market and freeing the French insurer up to focus on high-growth Asia.Resolution, set up in...

AXA Extends Talks with National Australia Bank on AXA Asia Pacific Deal

Jun 2 2010 // AXA, AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Limited (AXA APH) and National Australia Bank Limited (NAB) announced that they have agreed to “extend until July 15, 2010 end of day the agreement relating to the proposed transaction...

Best Upgrades AXA Insurance Ratings to ‘A’; Outlook Stable

May 24 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to ‘A (Excellent) from ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) to “a” from “a-” of New York-based AXA...

Report: National Australia Bank to Sell Assets for $13 Billion AXA Deal

May 14 2010 // National Australia Bank, which has seen its $13 billion takeover bid for AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd blocked by the competition regulator, is preparing to sell some assets to appease the government watchdog, two sources...

Report: Goldman Sachs Nears Deal for AXA’s $1 Billion Taikang Stake

May 12 2010 // An investing arm of Goldman Sachs is in the final stages of an agreement to buy AXA’s $1.05 billion stake in Taikang Life, China’s No.4 life insurer, according to sources close to the matter.The auction pitted...

S&P Lowers AXA’s Ratings to ‘AA-‘

Apr 1 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Rating Services has lowered its long-term counterparty credit ratings and insurer financial strength ratings on the core entities of France’s AXA group to ‘AA-‘ from...

FERMA Survey Polls Commercial Buyers for Feedback to Insurers

Apr 1 2010 // The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) announced that it is presently conducting, “a wide-ranging, risk management benchmarking survey,” aimed at compiling data to let insurers know...

AXA to Delist ADS Shares from NYSE

Mar 17 2010 // France’s AXA Group announced that it will file a Form 25 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to voluntarily delist its American Depositary Shares (ADS) from theNew York Stock Exchange.AXA said the...

European Insurers Increase Payouts, as Capital Recovers

Feb 19 2010 // Two leading European insurers on Thursday unveiled big dividend increases, confirming a sector-wide trend as the industry takes comfort from a steady recovery in its capital strength since the crisis.AXA, Europe’s...

AMP Hints it May Improve AXA Asia Bid

Feb 18 2010 // Australia’s No.2 wealth manager AMP Ltd signaled on Thursday that it had room to improve its $11.6 billion bid for AXA Asia Pacific, but said it had yet to decide on its next move.AMP is in a bid battle with the...