AXA to Complete Acquisition of XL Group Sept. 12 September 11, 2018 AXA announced today that it has obtained all regulatory approvals required to complete the proposed acquisition of XL Group Ltd....
UK Insurers Push Ahead with Brexit Plans in Absence of Trade Deal: A.M. Best Report August 21, 2018 By L.S. Howard In the absence of a Brexit trade deal between the United Kingdom and the European Union, insurers in the UK...
AXA Gives Under-Fire CEO Buberl a Needed Boost on Strong H1 Profits August 2, 2018 By Julie Edde AXA SA gave under-fire Chief Executive Officer Thomas Buberl a needed boost with first-half earnings that beat estimates and growth...
Interest in Crypto Insurance Grows, Despite High Premiums, Broad Exclusions July 23, 2018 By Olga Kharif, Brian Louis, Julie Edde and Katherine Chiglinsky In the staid and buttoned-up world of insurance underwriting, few want to talk about it. You won’t find many ads...
AXA, XL Choose Name for Combined P/C, Specialty Operations: ‘AXA XL’ July 12, 2018 Following the completion of the acquisition of XL Group by AXA SA – expected in the second half of 2018...
S&P Places AXA on CreditWatch Negative over Its Plans to Buy XL Group for $15.3B March 7, 2018 S&P Global Ratings placed France’s AXA on CreditWatch with negative implications over its planned $15.3 billion purchase of XL Group...
How AXA Wooed and Won XL Group in $15.3B Takeover Deal March 6, 2018 By Fabio Benedetti-Valentini , Sonali Basak, Aaron Kirchfeld and Manuel Baigorri AXA SA’s pursuit of its biggest ever takeover really got serious at a romantic hotel on the shores of Lake...
XL Group CEO McGavick Comments on Firm’s Agreed Purchase by France’s AXA 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...
France’s AXA to Acquire P/C Insurer XL Group for $15.3 Billion March 4, 2018 By Fabio Benedetti-Valentini and Matthew Monks AXA SA agreed to buy XL Group Ltd. for $15.3 billion in cash, seeking to capture a bigger slice of...
XL Group’s McGavick Cuts Exposure to Hedge Funds to Boost Investment Yield February 14, 2018 By Sonali Basak XL Group Ltd., the insurer with about $38 billion of investments, is reducing its exposure to hedge funds, Chief Executive...