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Report AXA-Deutsche Bank Fail To Agree

May 31 2001 // The ongoing negotiations between AXA, France’s largest insurer, and Germany’s Deutsche Bank have apparently ended without reaching any agreement for an alliance. I

AXA Names Condron To Head U.S. Operations

May 17 2001 // France’s AXA Group and its U.S. Subsidiary, AXA Financial, Inc. announced that Christopher M. “Kip” Condron has been named to succeed Edward D Miller as the new President and CEO of U.S. operations. He...

AXA Shareholders Approve Stock Split, Dividend Increase

May 10 2001 // AXA’s shareholders approved previously announced plans to split the company’s common stock on a four-to-one basis, and to increase annual dividend payments by 12 percent at a general meeting yesterday.

Allianz Makes Deal to Purchase Dresdner Bank for $20.5 Billion

Apr 9 2001 // After a week of intensive negotiations, Allianz AG and Dresdner Bank, Germany’s third largest, announced on April 1 that they have agreed to join forces to create Germany’s biggest financial institution. With...

AXA, Ren Re Take Equity Stakes in ICAT

Apr 5 2001 // Two leading reinsurance groups, AXA Corporate Solutions Reinsurance Company (successor to AXA Re), and Bermuda-based Renaissance Reinsurance Company have taken equity stakes in International Catastrophe Insurance Managers,...

Allianz Confirms Dresdner Talks – Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank Watch and Wait

Mar 30 2001 // “Allianz and Dresdner Bank confirm strategic talks concerning the creation of a leading integrated financial services provider for insurance, investment and banking services. The talks are in an advanced stage, but...

AXA CEO Confirms Talks With DB, Other Players

Mar 27 2001 // AXA’s CEO Henri de Castries, in an interview with the French financial newspaper La Tribune, confirmed that the French insurer had held talks with Germany’s Deutsche Bank and “other players,” whom...

AXA Net Operating Profit Up 21.2% At $2.07 Billion

Mar 15 2001 // France’s AXA announced results slightly above analysts’ forecasts on Wednesday, stating: “Net income rose 21.2% to an all-time high of Euro 2,261 million {$2.07 billion} from Euro 1,865 million {$1.706...

AXA’s Wood Named CEO of Prudential UK, European Operations

Feb 21 2001 // Prudential PLC has appointed Mark Wood as chief executive of the company’s UK and European Insurance businesses effective June 21. At that point Wood, 47, will take over responsibilities from chairman and executive...

AXA Confirms Banque Worms Sale to Deutsche Bank

Feb 7 2001 // France’s AXA Group confirmed the sale of wholly owned subsidiary Banque Worms to Germany’s Deutsche Bank for an undisclosed amount. The sale, scheduled to be completed before April 15, 2001, is ” in line...

AXA Courtage To Underwrite, Assist TIM Global Healthcare Plan

Jan 17 2001 // Nevada-based TeleMedica Insurance Management announced that AXA Courtage had agreed to underwrite “a TIM-branded family of worldwide medical insurance plans targeted to expatriates.” The plan calls for the AXA...

Consumer Ass’n. Abandons AXA Appeal

Jan 12 2001 // The British Consumers’ Association announced that it would not appeal a court ruling that approved AXA’s plans to distribute a portion of its “orphan assets” to policyholders, while retaining the...

AXA Completes Acquisition of AXF Minority Shares

Jan 4 2001 // As of January 2 AXA Financial Inc., officially ceased to be an independent company and became a wholly owned subsidiary of its French parent The AXA Group. Its shares are no longer listed on the NYSE. AXF, the...

AXA, BBVA Realign Spanish Shareholdings

Dec 29 2000 // France’s AXA and the Spanish financial group Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria have realigned their cross shareholdings in several joint ventures. AXA will buy out BBVA’s 30 percent stake in Spanish life insurer...

AXA, AXA Merger Complete Exchange Offer for AXA

Dec 26 2000 // AXA and its wholly owned subsidiary, AXA Merger Corp. have completed their exchange offer for all outstanding shares of common stock of AXA Financial, Inc., other than shares owned by AXA and its subsidiaries and shares...

Court Approves AXA’s “Orphan Assets” Plan

Dec 22 2000 // AXA received court approval for its plan to distribute the bulk of nearly £1.7 billion ($2.5 billion) in “Orphan Assets” from surplus profits and unclaimed life benefits to shareholders rather than policy...

AXA Defends Orphan Assets Payout Plan

Dec 19 2000 // France’s AXA Group defended its decision in a London court on Monday to payout only a portion of its subsidiary Sun Life & Provincial Holdings’ “orphan assets” to policy holders.AXA’s...

AXA, Allianz Offer Debt Securities

Dec 12 2000 // Two of the world’s biggest insurance companies have issued new debt securities, each totaling around $2 billion. AXA’s long-term subordinated notes were issued on terms previously announced; Allianz three year...

De Castries Says AXA Seeeks Financial Sector Growth

Nov 30 2000 // Henri de Castries, who succeeded the legendary Claude Bébéar as head of AXA last May, told the French financial newspaper Les Echos that the company’s primary focus is on growth in the financial service...

AXA Launches Long-term Debt Financing

Nov 21 2000 // French insurance and financial services giant AXA announced that it is launching the sale of $1.5 billion worth of subordinated notes “to provide AXA with resources to finance its growth.” The securities, which...