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Axa's Buberl defends takeover of XL
06 March 2018Axa's share price dropped almost 10% following the announcement of its plan to acquire XL Group. Aggelos Andreou reports on the rationale behind the deal
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Axa to acquire XL in $15.3bn deal
05 March 2018Mega-merger to create global leader in P&C commercial lines
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Regulations not an excuse to stop innovating, warns Axa UK chief
01 March 2018Amanda Blanc also spoke of how active the insurance sector is in the field of innovation
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Insurers make 'short work' of SFCR internal model disclosures
27 February 2018David Walker compares how firms describe internal models in their solvency and financial condition reports and considers how the practice may evolve
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Moody's confirms end of deleveraging trend
27 February 2018Volatile solvency ratios could trigger more subordinated debt issuance
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Axa posts record earnings, and improved solvency ratio for 2017
22 February 2018Underlying earnings and net income surpass €6bn for first time
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Axa's Christian Thimann: EU's sustainability drive directly linked to Solvency II reform
08 February 2018The chair of the European Commission's expert group on sustainable finance talks to Paul Walsh about the group's recommendations – and how they are intrinsically linked with Solvency II.
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Environmentalists slam insurers for backing Polish coal plants
08 February 2018We have no say in third-party assets, insurers claim
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Valuation standard shifts in European life run-off market
05 February 2018Solvency II own funds eclipses embedded value as pricing yardstick, PwC says
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Underwriters put $2.3bn into insurtech during 2017
01 February 2018Insurers sought improvement, venture capitalists want disruptors