AXA BRAIN Library
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Contents
AXA fundamentals
people ▸ │ leading figures ▸ Claude Bébéar Henri de Castrie Thomas Buberl │ board of directors ▸ Antoine Gosset-Grainville Guillaume Faury Angelien Kemna see all ▸ │ management committee ▸ George Stansfield Guillaume Borie Patrick Cohen see all ▸ │ partners group ▸ Etienne Bouas Laurent Renaud Guidée Tara Foley see all ▸
regions ▸ │ Europe ▸ France Germany Switzerland Luxembourg Italy Spain UK Ireland Turkey │ AXA XL ▸ XL Bermuda XL Reinsurance XL America see all ▸ │ Asia ▸ Japan Hong Kong China Indonesia Thailand Philippines South Korea │ Latin America ▸ Brazil Colombia Mexico │ transversals ▸ AXA Partners AXA GO
results ▸ │ press release ▸ 2025 2024 2023 see all ▸ │ analyst presentation ▸ 2025 2024 2023 see all ▸ │ financial supplements ▸ 2025 2024 2023 see all ▸ │ activity report ▸ 2025 2024 2023 see all ▸ │ annual report ▸ 2025 2024 2023 see all ▸ │ SFCR ▸ 2025 2024 2023 see all ▸ <│div>
Insurance fundamentals
fundamentals ▸ │ risk basics ▸ Frequency vs severity Hazard, exposure, peril Correlation & aggregation │ how insurance works ▸ Pooling & risk transfer Indemnity vs benefits Premium now, claims later │ incentives & frictions ▸ Adverse selection Moral hazard Information asymmetry │ industry structure ▸ Insurers, mutuals, captives Brokers, MGAs, TPAs Reinsurers & retro │ policy essentials ▸ Insurable interest, good faith Coverage, exclusions Limits & deductibles │ core metrics ▸ Loss, expense, combined Persistency & lapse Acquisition economics │ time value ▸ Discounting Trend & social inflation Duration risk │ Cat & systemic ▸ Nat Cat accumulation Pandemic risk Cyber contagion │ role & trust ▸ Protection & resilience Fairness & inclusion Conduct & transparency
products ▸ │ life ▸ Term, whole, UL Mortality & lapse Riders │ health ▸ Medical vs income protection Group vs individual Utilization levers │ annuities ▸ Immediate vs deferred Guarantees Longevity risk │ group benefits ▸ Plan design Experience rating Renewals │ personal lines ▸ Motor & home Rating factors Claims inflation │ commercial lines ▸ Property & liability Limits & towers Risk engineering │ specialty ▸ Marine, aviation, energy Financial lines Parametric │ Underwriting gov ▸ Appetite & authority Quote to bind Portfolio steering │ lifecycle ▸ Design & pricing Wording & filings Monitoring & remediation │ policy admin ▸ Issuance & endorsements Billing Retention
distribution & ops ▸ │ channels ▸ Agent│broker│bank Direct & digital Embedded & partners │ sales & advice ▸ Needs & suitability Tools & disclosures Conversion levers │ intermediary econ ▸ Commissions & clawbacks Conflicts control Delegated authority │ onboarding ▸ KYC│AML basics Fraud screening Consent & privacy │ Underwriting ops ▸ STP vs manual Evidence mgmt QA & audits │ claims ops ▸ FNOL & triage Settlement & leakage Litigation & recovery │ fraud mgmt ▸ Detection & SIU Provider fraud Recoveries │ service model ▸ Shared services Outsourcing risk SLAs & outcomes │ tech & data ▸ PAS, claims, billing CRM & omni-channel Platforms & APIs │ productivity ▸ Cost-to-serve Automation Ops KPIs
finance & actuarial ▸ │ pricing ▸ Expected loss & margin Credibility Price adequacy │ reserving ▸ Case vs IBNR Triangles & diagnostics Reserve risk │ life liabilities ▸ Assumptions & margins Options & behavior New business strain │ reinsurance ▸ Proportional vs non-prop Retentions & limits Credit & collateral │ ALM ▸ Portfolio basics Duration & liquidity Credit risk │ performance ▸ Underwriting result Operating vs net income Key ratios │ accounting ▸ IFRS 17 IFRS 9 Statutory bases │ solvency ▸ Available vs required Economic capital Stress tests │ steering ▸ Growth vs value Re-pricing actions Scenario planning │ model gov ▸ Assumption control Validation Data governance
regulation & gov ▸ │ purpose ▸ Protection Stability Integrity │ prudential ▸ Solvency II & RBC ORSA Supervisory reporting │ conduct ▸ Product governance Claims standards Fair value │ supervision ▸ Entity structures Intra-group flows Recovery & resolution │ gov model ▸ Board oversight Three lines Internal audit │ compliance ▸ AML│CTF Sanctions Third-party risk │ tax ▸ Premium taxes Deferred tax Cross-border issues │ ESG ▸ Underwriting & investment Disclosures Transition risk │ resilience ▸ Cyber security Operational resilience Data privacy │ emerging ▸ Cyber & systemic Insurtech & embedded Alternative capital <│div>
Competitors & targets
europe ▸ │ France ▸ Crédit Agricole Assurances CNP Assurances Groupama Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale (GACM) BNP Paribas Cardif │ Germany ▸ Allianz Munich Re (ERGO Group) Talanx (HDI) R+V Versicherung Generali Deutschland │ Switzerland ▸ Schweizerische Mobiliar Zürich Versicherung (Zurich) Allianz Suisse Helvetia Bâloise (Basler) │ Luxembourg ▸ Foyer Assurances LALUX (La Luxembourgeoise) Bâloise Assurances Luxembourg Allianz AIG │ Italy ▸ Generali Intesa Sanpaolo Vita Poste Vita Allianz Unipol │ Spain ▸ MAPFRE VidaCaixa (CaixaBank Group) Mutua Madrileña Allianz Seguros Grupo Catalana Occidente (GCO) │ UK ▸ Aviva Legal & General Prudential Zurich Insurance UK Allianz Insurance │ Ireland ▸ Irish Life Group Zurich Insurance plc (Ireland) Aviva Life & Pensions Ireland New Ireland Assurance Royal London Ireland │ Turkey ▸ Türkiye Sigorta Allianz Sigorta Anadolu Sigorta Sompo Sigorta Aksigorta
reinsurance & bermuda ▸ │ Bermuda market ▸ AXA XL XL Bermuda Everest Re RenaissanceRe Arch Capital (Arch Re) PartnerRe Aspen │ Global Re ▸ XL Reinsurance Munich Re Swiss Re Hannover Re Berkshire Hathaway (reinsurance) SCOR
north america ▸ │ United States ▸ XL America Travelers Chubb Liberty Mutual Berkshire Hathaway Zurich
asia ▸ │ Japan ▸ Nippon Life Dai-ichi Life Tokio Marine Sompo MS&AD (Mitsui Sumitomo) │ Hong Kong ▸ HSBC Life (International) AIA International Prudential (HK) Life BOC Life Manulife (International) │ China ▸ China Life Ping An PICC (People’s Insurance Company of China) CPIC (China Pacific Insurance) New China Life │ Indonesia ▸ Prudential Indonesia AIA Financial Manulife Indonesia Allianz Life Indonesia Sun Life Indonesia │ Thailand ▸ AIA Thailand FWD Life Thailand Thai Life Insurance Muang Thai Life Assurance Allianz Ayudhya │ Philippines ▸ Sun Life Pru Life U.K. Manulife AIA Philippines FWD │ South Korea ▸ Samsung Fire & Marine Hyundai Marine & Fire DB Insurance Meritz Fire & Marine KB Insurance
latin america ▸ │ Brazil ▸ BrasilSeg Bradesco Seguros SulAmérica Porto Seguro Caixa Seguridade │ Colombia ▸ Grupo Sura Seguros Alfa Seguros Bolívar Allianz MAPFRE │ Mexico ▸ GNP Seguros MetLife México BBVA Seguros Banorte Seguros Quálitas <│div>
Case studies
capital ▸ │ M&A ▸ Generali–Cattolica (2022) Allianz–Aviva Poland (2021) Chubb–Cigna A&H APAC (2022) │ carve-outs ▸ AIG → Corebridge IPO (2022) Prudential → Jackson demerger (2021) Allianz sells UniCredit Allianz Vita stake (2025) │ buybacks ▸ Allianz €1.5bn buybacks (2024) Zurich CHF 1.1bn buyback (2024) Travelers $5.04bn repurchase capacity (end-2024)
risk ▸ │ cyber ▸ Zurich–Mondelez NotPetya settlement (2022) Merck vs Ace (war exclusion rejected, 2023) Lloyd’s “state-backed” cyber exclusions (from 2023) │ Cat & ILS ▸ Allianz €250m windstorm cat bond (2023) Munich Re retro + sidecars ($1.55bn, 2025) Hannover Re cloud-outage cat bond (2024) │ BI disputes ▸ FCA BI test case (UKSC, 2021) ExCel Centre appeal win (UK CA, 2024) UK CA on furlough set-offs (2025)
tech ▸ │ claims AI ▸ Allianz “Insurance Copilot” (auto claims, 2024) Zurich AI claims escalation prediction (2024) Chubb + Cytora claims doc automation (2024) │ GenAI assistants ▸ AllianzGPT (internal, 2025) Generali KAssis (claims knowledge, 2025) Generali “Chatty” (customer chatbot, 2023–24) │ telematics ▸ Progressive Snapshot (UBI, 2011) Generali–Telepass “Next” (2022) Allianz–Ticker pay-per-mile (2025)
distribution ▸ │ bancassurance ▸ Allianz–UniCredit framework (2022) Zurich–Santander LatAm JV + 25-year tie-up (2011) BNP Paribas ↔ Ageas │ AG Insurance reshuffle (2025) │ embedded platforms ▸ Chubb Studio AI embedded engine (2025) Zurich buys AIG Travel + merges with Cover-More (2024) Munich Re buys relayr (2018)
climate ▸ │ coal & fossil rules ▸ Allianz coal phase-out thresholds (2025) Generali coal phase-out (2030│2040) Zurich “no new fossil” positioning │ transition & resilience ▸ Zurich + Aon hydrogen insurance platform (2024) Generali expands oil│gas exclusions (2024) Swiss Re nat-cat loss benchmark (sigma 1│2024) <│div>
Skill development books
communication & presence ▸ │ conversations & feedback ▸ Crucial Conversations Difficult Conversations Thanks for the Feedback Radical Candor │ storytelling & thinking ▸ The Pyramid Principle Made to Stick Storytelling with Data Talk Like TED │ writing & clarity ▸ HBR Guide to Better Business Writing Smart Brevity On Writing Well The Elements of Style
influence & stakeholders ▸ │ persuasion ▸ Influence Pre-Suasion Influence Without Authority The Art of Woo │ negotiation ▸ Getting to Yes Never Split the Difference Bargaining for Advantage The Power of a Positive No │ conflict & alignment ▸ Crucial Confrontations The Conflict Code The Anatomy of Peace The Catalyst
leadership & people ▸ │ coaching & dev ▸ The Coaching Habit Multipliers The Making of a Manager Turn the Ship Around! │ teams ▸ The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Team of Teams Drive The Culture Code │ change & execution ▸ Leading Change Switch The First 90 Days Accelerate
collaboration & culture ▸ │ cross-cultural ▸ The Culture Map Leading with Cultural Intelligence When Cultures Collide Riding the Waves of Culture │ inclusion & safety ▸ The Fearless Organization The Person You Mean to Be Blindspot Inclusify │ remote & hybrid ▸ Remote The Long-Distance Leader Digital Body Language Suddenly Virtual
effectiveness & resilience ▸ │ time & focus ▸ Getting Things Done Deep Work Essentialism Atomic Habits │ decision making ▸ Thinking, Fast and Slow Decisive Superforecasting The Scout Mindset │ resilience & stress ▸ Mindset The Upside of Stress Resilient Search Inside Yourself
customer & trust ▸ │ empathy & service ▸ The Effortless Experience Outside In Hug Your Haters Unreasonable Hospitality │ trust & relationships ▸ The Speed of Trust The Trusted Advisor Give and Take Dare to Lead <│div>