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AXA

Insurance · France

AXA is a French insurer that sells property & casualty, health and life insurance to individuals and companies in four hubs: France, Europe, AXA XL and Asia, Africa & EME-LATAM.

What makes it different

One euro in six comes from insuring big companies.

€19.3BAXA XL premiumsFY2025

AXA XL writes insurance and reinsurance for industrial, commercial and professional firms worldwide.

How big it is

How big is AXA?

€115.5BPremiums & revenuesFY2025
92MCustomersFY2025
103,423Employees2025
How it makes money FY2025

Half from property & casualty.

  • Property & casualty50%€58.0B
  • Life33%€37.5B
  • Health17%€19.0B
  • Asset management1%€0.9B
  • Banking0%€0.1B
How the business works

Price risk well, spread it widely.

  1. 1Individuals and companies
  2. 2Four hubs, many lines
  3. 3Underwriting plus investment income

Revenue splits evenly between individuals and companies and between P&C and Life & Health, so one bad line or region is cushioned.

Who owns it
  • Mutuelles d'assurances AXA15.64%
  • Employees and agents4.87%

CEO: Thomas Buberl

Who it competes with
AllianzGGeneraliZZurich InsuranceAAIGCChubb
Key moments
  1. 1985The AXA brand is created
  2. 1992AXA takes control of Equitable in the United States
  3. 1997Merger with Compagnie UAP
  4. 2010AXA delists from the New York Stock Exchange
  5. 2016Thomas Buberl becomes CEO
Sources

Every number on this page comes from AXA's own reports.

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What AXA tracks29 metrics
Customers
P&C combined ratio
Employees
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from5 regions
Europe
France
Asia, Africa & EME-LATAM
The full timeline20 moments
2022
2023
2025
AXA vs Allianzside by side
Revenue
Profit
People
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