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Tuesday, 28 February, 2023

Financial services

Axa sells Monte dei Paschi stake

French insurer was bank’s biggest private investor and maintains insurance partnership with lender

Tuesday, 15 November, 2022

Axa seeks better Monte dei Paschi deal after leading capital raise

French insurer was biggest private contributor to rights issue and wants improved terms on joint venture

Wednesday, 3 August, 2022

Axa discloses €300mn in costs from Ukraine war

French insurer’s results exceed expectations elsewhere as it announces a further €1bn of share buybacks

Monday, 11 April, 2022

Axa shareholders urged to vote against CEO’s new pay packet

Proxy group ISS questions proposed offer for Thomas Buberl that would include a 14% salary hike

Thursday, 4 November, 2021

Axa announces up to €1.7bn share buyback

Big insurers have been selling out of non-core businesses and boosting returns

Friday, 15 October, 2021

Legal services

Amazon’s legal team: ‘We wanted to help’

Lawyers tackled legal and data privacy issues to deliver Covid test kits in the UK

Monday, 2 August, 2021

Axa says half of French restaurateurs ready to accept Covid settlement

Insurance group doubles underlying earnings to €3.6bn in first half of 2021

Tuesday, 1 December, 2020

Axa to focus on health as it sets out latest strategy

French insurer expects to pay out €1.5bn in Covid-related claims

Sunday, 30 August, 2020

UK insurance industry

Insurance broker accused of forgery to win Axa commission

Property investor files legal claim against Lockton over documents and emails

Thursday, 6 August, 2020

Axa cancels special dividend as it suffers €1.5bn pandemic hit

Insurer withdraws two growth targets for 2020 as profit falls 39% due to Covid-19 impact

Wednesday, 3 June, 2020

Axa to defy regulators with dividend payment

Chief executive Thomas Buberl says the decision reflects a ‘balanced approach’

Tuesday, 7 April, 2020

Axa criticises regulatory confusion over dividend policy

Chief executive Thomas Buberl says different guidance between countries ‘difficult to accept’

Thursday, 20 February, 2020

Axa replaces head of specialist commercial insurance business XL

Scott Gunter to take top job at unit as it warns earnings to fall short of expectations

Thursday, 17 October, 2019

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Axa IM chief’s abrupt exit sparks renewed sale speculation

Leadership reshuffle follows disappointing investor outflows

Friday, 4 October, 2019

Insurance

Axa boss predicts competitive threat from Faangs

Tesla insurance launch is harbinger of big tech’s creep into sector, Buberl says

Thursday, 1 August, 2019

Interview

Axa chief Thomas Buberl starts to win over XL deal doubters

Scale of $15bn deal had worried investors, but group’s shares have staged a recovery

Thursday, 4 July, 2019

Northstar Realty Finance Corp

Axa Investment to buy New York-listed Northstar Realty

Paris-based management group will gain prime office space in Europe’s biggest markets

Thursday, 2 May, 2019

Axa joins chorus of insurers hailing price increases

Tuesday, 16 April, 2019

Insurance

French insurer Axa facing potential claims from Notre-Dame fire

Monday, 25 March, 2019

Axa raises $1.5bn by cutting stake in US life insurance business

Thursday, 21 February, 2019

Axa profits drop after natural disasters and costs of US float

Chief executive says insurer hit by ‘unusually severe’ fourth quarter

Tuesday, 5 February, 2019

News in-depthFinancial services

Insurers seek comfort in catastrophe bonds

AIG, Axa and Allianz among groups to tap boom that threatens to reshape sector’s model

Sunday, 9 December, 2018

Climate change

BlackRock, Vanguard and Axa ramp up dirty coal investments

Wednesday, 28 November, 2018

Lex

Axa: life support Premium

A solid commitment will help the insurance group’s chief build credibility

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