- published: 18 Nov 2013
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AXA is a French multinational insurance firm headquartered in the 8th arrondissement of Paris that engages in global insurance, investment management, and other financial services. The AXA Group operates primarily in Western Europe, North America, the Asia Pacific region, and the Middle East, with presence also in Africa. AXA is a conglomerate of independently run businesses, operated according to the laws and regulations of many different countries. The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index.
The company was originally founded in 1816 as Mutuelle de L'assurance contre L'incendie (the Ancienne Mutuelle). It acquired Compagnie Parisienne de Garantie in 1978 and became Mutuelles Unies. It went on to buy the Drouot Group in 1982, becoming Mutuelles Unies/Drouot. It adopted the AXA name in 1985. The takeover of the American insurance company The Equitable, came in 1991. It bought Union des Assurances De Paris (UAP), France's largest insurer, in 1996 becoming AXA-UAP for a while before reverting to the name AXA in 1999. Then in February 1999 AXA acquired Guardian Royal Exchange. In May 2000 AXA acquired all shares it did not already own in Sun Life & Provincial Holdings. On 14 June 2006 AXA acquired the leading Swiss insurance company Winterthur Group from Credit Suisse for approximately €9 billion.
By building a culture of trust and achievement, we will empower and further engage our people to be customer-centric, optimize the value of our businesses and accelerate growth while reaping together the benefits of being global. Our aim is to foster a safer and stronger society over the long term.
In 2014, AXA asked c. 200 internal experts to determine which emerging risks would have the highest impact on the society at large in the next 5 to 10 years. Several experts react on categories of risk identified in the study, with the objective to raise awareness on emerging risks and explain AXA's role in view of new trends and opportunities. Watch the Interview with Christian Thimann, AXA Group Head of Strategy & Public Affairs about Social & Political risks.
The AXA Group, the first insurance brand worldwide, is a global organization with over 160,000 employees around the world (and recruits 16,000 new people annually). In this video, LinkedIn’s Global Head of Talent Acquisition, Brendan Browne, chats with Anne-Elise Chevillard, Global Head of Attraction and Recruitment at AXA, about how AXA is coming together with Distribution, Marketing, and HR to build a strong, consistent employer brand around the world. Learn more: http://linkd.in/1JjyIgI Follow our blog: http://talent.linkedin.com/blog
French insurance giant AXA will stop investing in tobacco, saying it can no longer have any association with an industry that kills so many people. The company will sell $2bn worth of tobacco assets. Al Jazeera’s Laurence Lee explains. - Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/
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In an effort to become more customer-centric and profitable, AXA will mark its presence in Silicon Valley by launching the AXA lab mainly serving four missions. Tardy enumerates these four missions and explains each one of them. 1. Connection The AXA lab in Silicon Valley will serve as a gateway for all digital leaders. Currently, the group is already connected with digital leaders such as Facebook, Google, and Twitter. Connecting with relevant people such as sales agents and engineers will allow AXA to discover disruptive innovation which in turn will bring more growth and opportunity for the company. 2. Scouting Being in Silicon Valley will help AXA stay updated with the latest trends, data, objects, and other innovative materials. The group will interact with startups in Silicon Valle...
capture your beloved objects, ensure that they are insured, if not insure them. Interview with Hanna VON WENDT, AXA Group, Communication