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S&P to Assign Rating to AXA’s Auto ART – A “Landmark Transaction”

Nov 10 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its preliminary credit ratings to the €200 million asset-backed floating-rate notes to be issued by FCC SPARC, an SPE, involving the...

AXA Posts Strong 9-Month Results

Nov 10 2005 // France’s AXA Group reported gross revenue increases in all of its business activities for the first 9 months of 2005. Highlights cited by the company in the report included the following: — Life & Savings...

S&P Affirms AXA Re ‘AA-” Ratings

Oct 18 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced from its Paris Office that it has affirmed its “AA-” insurer financial strength ratings on French reinsurer AXA Re and its subsidiaries Compagnie...

AXA RE Estimates Impact of Hurricane Katrina Losses at $200 Million

Sep 15 2005 // AXA RE, the active reinsurer of France’s AXA Group, said the impact from Hurricane Katrina will probably result in total net losses of approximately $200 million before tax. “This estimate is net of reinsurance...

AXA 1ST Half Group Net Income Up 31% to $2.8 Billion; No Significant Effect from Katrina

Sep 7 2005 // France’s AXA Group said in a “pre-release” statement that its net profits for the group rose by 31 percent for the period ended June 1, 2005 to 2.274 billion euros ($2.844 billion), compared to 1.733...

Best Upgrades AXA Re, Subs Ratings

Jul 7 2005 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has upgraded the financial strength rating to “A” (Excellent) from “A-” (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating to “a” from “a-” of AXA Re...

Best Downgrades Some AXA Canada P/C Subsidiaries

Jun 27 2005 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has downgraded the financial strength ratings of several of AXA Canada Inc.’s wholly owned property and casualty insurance subsidiaries.The rating action affects the following...

S&P Sees No Rating Affect in AXA/Finaxa Merger

Apr 21 2005 // The Paris office of Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a statement indicating that it does not expect the proposed merger of Finaxa (not rated) into AXA (A/Stable/A-1) to affect the ratings on AXA,...

AXA, FINAXA Say Merger on the Horizon

Apr 19 2005 // The Supervisory Board of AXA and the Board of Directors of FINAXA announced Tuesday that they had approved the study of the principle of a merger through an absorption of FINAXA by AXA and for this purpose, appointed...

AXA Doubles Adjusted Earnings to $3.85 Billion

Feb 25 2005 // France’s AXA Group reported strong earnings results for 2004. Underlying earnings rose 34 percent to 2.7 billion euros ($3.58 billion) and adjusted earnings were 2.9 billion euros ($3.85 billion).“2004 has been...

AXA Notes 1% Gain in Full Year Revenues

Jan 28 2005 // France’s AXA Group reported from Paris that its consolidated revenues were 72.2 billion euros ($94.4 billion) for full year 2004. “On a comparable basis, revenues grew by 2 percent compared to full year...

D-Day for U.K. Insurance Industry as FSA Assumes Regulatory Control; AXA Fined $940,000

Jan 14 2005 // Today, Friday, Jan. 14, marks the long anticipated official takeover of regulatory responsibility over the U.K.’s insurance industry by the Financial Services Authority. There should be no major surprises, as the...

AXA Announces SE Asia Relief Effort; Will Match Employee Donations to $1.35 Million

Jan 5 2005 // France’s AXA Group has announced plans to aid the victims of the tsunamis that struck Southeast Asia.“Faced with the scale of human tragedy that has impacted the countries of Southeast Asia in the wake of the...

AXA New Year’s Eve Survey: Most People Stay Home

Dec 29 2004 // According to a recent survey, sponsored by international insurer and financial services provider AXA, 62 percent of respondents plan to welcome 2005 in the comfort of their own homes. Another 17 percent will celebrate the...

AXA Christmas Shopping Survey Shows Brits Spending More than Yanks

Dec 22 2004 // According to a new global survey conducted by France’s AXA Group American consumers are budgeting more for Christmas gifts this year than anyone else in the world — except the British. AXA said that the...

Wellington Completes Acquisition of AXA’s U.S. Surplus and Excess Units; Best Assigns ‘A-‘ Rating

Nov 26 2004 // The U.K.’s Wellington Underwriting plc. announced that it has completed the purchase of AXA Corporate Solutions Excess and Surplus Lines Insurance Company, first announced on June 25, 2004.The bulletin noted that...

Best Assigns FSR to Wellington Specialty

Nov 24 2004 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned an initial financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating of “a-” to Wellington Specialty Insurance Company (Scottsdale, Ariz.) (Wellington Specialty), a...

AXA Posts $70 Billion Consolidated Revenues for 1st Nine Months of 2004

Nov 11 2004 // France’s AXA announced that its consolidated revenues for the first nine months of 2004 rose 1.1 percent on a comparable basis to 54.4 billion euros ($70.3 billion).Highlights of the report are summarized as...

Auto Data Network to Train AXA Brokers on FSA Regs

Oct 6 2004 // Auto Data Network Inc., a provider of software and real-time data to the automotive industry, announced that its U.K. subsidiary, IFAct Group Limited, has been awarded a contract by AXA to provide training and help develop...

S&P Affirms Ratings on AXA Run-off Units; Removed from CreditWatch

Sep 28 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its “BBB” long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on U.S.-based AXA Corporate Solutions Life Reinsurance...