AXA BRAIN Library
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AXA fundamentals
people ▸ ┃ leading figures ▸ Claude Bébéar Henri de Castrie Thomas Buberl ┃ 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 ┃
Insurance fundamentals
fundamentals ▸ ┃ risk basics ▸ Frequency vs severity Hazard, exposure, peril, loss Correlation and aggregation ┃ how insurance works ▸ Pooling and 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 and retro ┃ policy essentials ▸ Insurable interest, good faith Coverage, exclusions, conditions Limits and deductibles ┃ core metrics ▸ Loss/expense/combined ratio Persistency and lapse Acquisition economics ┃ time value ▸ Discounting Trend and social inflation Duration risk ┃ Cat & systemic ▸ Nat Cat accumulation Pandemic risk Cyber contagion ┃ role & trust ▸ Protection and resilience Fairness and inclusion Conduct and transparency ┃
products ▸ ┃ life ▸ Term, whole, UL Mortality and 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 and home Rating factors Claims inflation ┃ commercial lines ▸ Property and liability Limits and towers Risk engineering ┃ specialty ▸ Marine/aviation/energy Financial lines Parametric ┃ U/W governance ▸ Appetite and authority Quote to bind Portfolio steering ┃ lifecycle ▸ Design and pricing Wording and filings Monitoring and remediation ┃ policy admin ▸ Issuance and endorsements Billing Retention ┃
distribution & ops ▸ ┃ channels ▸ Agent/broker/bank Direct and digital Embedded and partners ┃ sales & advice ▸ Needs and suitability Tools and disclosures Conversion levers ┃ intermediary econ ▸ Commissions and clawbacks Conflicts control Delegated authority ┃ onboarding ▸ KYC/AML basics Fraud screening Consent and privacy ┃ U/W ops ▸ STP vs manual Evidence management QA and audits ┃ claims ops ▸ FNOL and triage Settlement and leakage Litigation and recovery ┃ fraud mgmt ▸ Detection and SIU Provider fraud Recoveries ┃ service model ▸ Shared services Outsourcing risk SLAs and outcomes ┃ tech & data ▸ PAS/claims/billing CRM and omni-channel Platforms and APIs ┃ productivity ▸ Cost-to-serve Automation Ops KPIs ┃
finance & actuarial ▸ ┃ pricing ▸ Expected loss and margin Credibility Price adequacy ┃ reserving ▸ Case vs IBNR Triangles and diagnostics Reserve risk ┃ life liabilities ▸ Assumptions and margins Options and behavior New business strain ┃ reinsurance ▸ Proportional vs non-prop Retentions and limits Credit and collateral ┃ ALM ▸ Portfolio basics Duration and 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 and 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 and investment Disclosures Transition risk ┃ resilience ▸ Cyber security Operational resilience Data privacy ┃ emerging ▸ Cyber and systemic Insurtech and embedded Alternative capital ┃
Competitors
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 ┃
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) ┃
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 ┃