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AXA reports record results with underlying EPS growth at the top end of the target range
* Gross written premiums & other revenues{{fn ref|1|2=Change in gross written premiums & other revenues, new business value ('NBV') and present value of expected premiums ('PVEP') is on a comparable basis (constant forex, scope and methodology), unless otherwise indicated. These and other terms, including but not limited to contractual service margin ('CSM') and new business contractual service margin ('NB CSM'), are defined in the glossary section of this press release.}} at Euro 116 billion, up +6% vs. FY24
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* Solvency II ratio{{fn ref|5|2=The Solvency II ratio is estimated primarily using AXA's internal model calibrated based on an adverse 1/200 years shock. For further information on AXA's internal model and Solvency II disclosures, please refer to AXA Group's Solvency and Financial Condition Report (SFCR) as of December 31, 2024, available on AXA's website (www.axa.com). The Solvency II ratio as of December 31, 2025 is adjusted to give effect to the full up to Euro 1.25 billion annual share buyback program and proposed Euro 2.32 per share dividend announced today.}} at 224% at December 31, 2025, up +9 points vs. FY24, and 215% on January 1, 2026, reflecting the end of the grandfathering period{{fn ref|6|2=Capital instruments and subordinated debt subject to Solvency II transitional measures were grandfathered until January 1, 2026, at which point they ceased to qualify as capital under Solvency II, as disclosed in AXA's press release on its 9M25 Activity Indicators, published on www.axa.com.}}
* Dividend of Euro 2.32 per share, up +8% vs. FY24{{fn ref|7|2=Subject to approval by the Shareholders' Annual General Meeting to be held on April 30, 2026.}}
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* Completion of Euro 3.8 billion additional share buyback related to AXA IM disposal{{fn ref|4|2=On July 1, 2025, AXA executed a share repurchase agreement with an investment services provider, whereby AXA carried out a program to buyback its own shares for a maximum amount of Euro 3.8 billion to offset the earnings dilution from the sale of AXA Investment Managers to BNP Paribas, as announced on August 1, 2024. The share buyback commenced on July 2, 2025, and ended on January 20, 2026, resulting in a temporary earnings dilution as of December 31, 2025.}} , executed between July 2, 2025, and January 20, 2026
* Underlying earnings per share growth for 2026 expected to be at the upper end of the 6-8% plan target range{{fn ref|9|2=Expected underlying earnings per share ('UEPS') growth for 2026 is a forward -looking statement to provide one-off guidance in the context of the last year of the Group's current strategic plan and is qualified by the cautionary statements in this press rel ease regarding forward-looking statements.}}
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== FY25 key highlights ==
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| style="text-align:left" | Gross written premiums & other revenues {{fn ref|1|2=Change in gross written premiums & other revenues, new business value ('NBV') and present value of expected premiums ('PVEP') is on a comparable basis (constant forex, scope and methodology), unless otherwise indicated. These and other terms, including but not limited to contractual service margin ('CSM') and new business contractual service margin ('NB CSM'), are defined in the glossary section of this press release.}}
| style="text-align:right" | 110,316
| style="text-align:right" | 115,524
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| style="text-align:left" | Underlying earnings {{fn ref|2|2='Underlying earnings', 'underlying earnings per share', 'underlying return on equity', 'combined ratio' and 'debt gearing' are APMs as defined in ESMA's guidelines and the AMF's related position statement issued in 2015. AXA provides a reconciliation of such APMs to the most closely related line item, subtotal, or total in the financial statements of the corresponding period (and/or their calculation methodology, as applicable) in its Activity Report as of December 31, 2025 ('AXA's 2025 Activity Report'), on the pages indicated under the heading 'USE OF NON -GAAP AND ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE MEASURES'. For further information on the above-mentioned and other non-GAAP financial measures used in this press relea se, see the Glossary in AXA's 2025 Activity Report. AXA's 2025 Activity Report is available on AXA's website (www.axa.com).}}
| style="text-align:right" | 8,078
| style="text-align:right" | 8,368
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| style="text-align:left" | Solvency II ratio (%) {{fn ref|5|2=The Solvency II ratio is estimated primarily using AXA's internal model calibrated based on an adverse 1/200 years shock. For further information on AXA's internal model and Solvency II disclosures, please refer to AXA Group's Solvency and Financial Condition Report (SFCR) as of December 31, 2024, available on AXA's website (www.axa.com). The Solvency II ratio as of December 31, 2025 is adjusted to give effect to the full up to Euro 1.25 billion annual share buyback program and proposed Euro 2.32 per share dividend announced today.}}
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=== Activity indicators ===
Total gross written premiums and other revenues {{fn ref|1|2=Change in gross written premiums & other revenues, new business value ('NBV') and present value of expected premiums ('PVEP') is on a comparable basis (constant forex, scope and methodology), unless otherwise indicated. These and other terms, including but not limited to contractual service margin ('CSM') and new business contractual service margin ('NB CSM'), are defined in the glossary section of this press release.}} were up 6%, driven by:
* Property & Casualty (+5%), with growth in (i) Commercial lines{{fn ref|11|2='Commercial lines' refers to P&C Commercial lines excluding AXA XL Reinsurance.}} (+4%) from both higher volumes, notably at AXA XL Insurance, and favorable price effects{{fn ref|12|2=Price effects are calculated as a percentage of total gross written premiums of the prior year.}} across all geographies, in (ii) Personal lines (+7%), driven by favorable price effects and strong growth in net new contracts, notably in France, Europe and Asia & EME-LATAM, and at (iii) AXA XL Reinsurance (+8%), with growth supported by alternative capital; and▼
▲* Property & Casualty (+5%), with growth in (i) Commercial lines {{fn ref|11|2='Commercial lines' refers to P&C Commercial lines excluding AXA XL Reinsurance.}} (+4%) from both higher volumes, notably at AXA XL Insurance, and favorable price effects {{fn ref|12|2=Price effects are calculated as a percentage of total gross written premiums of the prior year.}} across all geographies, in (ii) Personal lines (+7%), driven by favorable price effects and strong growth in net new contracts, notably in France, Europe and Asia & EME-LATAM, and at (iii) AXA XL Reinsurance (+8%), with growth supported by alternative capital; and
* Life & Health (+8%), with (i) Life premiums up 9%, driven by Protection (+11%) from strong sales in Hong Kong, Switzerland and Japan, Unit-Linked (+13%) from higher volumes across all geographies, and G/A{{fn ref|13|2=General account.}} (+4%), from continued momentum in Italy and France, and (ii) Health premiums up 5%, driven by price effects in all geographies.▼
▲* Life & Health (+8%), with (i) Life premiums up 9%, driven by Protection (+11%) from strong sales in Hong Kong, Switzerland and Japan, Unit-Linked (+13%) from higher volumes across all geographies, and G/A {{fn ref|13|2=General account.}} (+4%), from continued momentum in Italy and France, and (ii) Health premiums up 5%, driven by price effects in all geographies.
=== Earnings ===
Underlying earnings {{fn ref|2|2='Underlying earnings', 'underlying earnings per share', 'underlying return on equity', 'combined ratio' and 'debt gearing' are APMs as defined in ESMA's guidelines and the AMF's related position statement issued in 2015. AXA provides a reconciliation of such APMs to the most closely related line item, subtotal, or total in the financial statements of the corresponding period (and/or their calculation methodology, as applicable) in its Activity Report as of December 31, 2025 ('AXA's 2025 Activity Report'), on the pages indicated under the heading 'USE OF NON -GAAP AND ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE MEASURES'. For further information on the above-mentioned and other non-GAAP financial measures used in this press relea se, see the Glossary in AXA's 2025 Activity Report. AXA's 2025 Activity Report is available on AXA's website (www.axa.com).}} increased by 6% to Euro 8.4 billion, or +9% excluding AXA IM {{fn ref|3|2=AXA completed the disposal of AXA IM to BNP Paribas on July 1, 2025. All figures excluding AXA IM are given at constant foreign exchange rates.}}, driven by (i) Property & Casualty (+9%), from higher volumes, underwriting margin expansion and an increase in financial result driven by higher investment income, and (ii) Life & Health (+7%), from an improvement in the short-term technical results in Health & Protection, and higher earnings in long-term business, including from early benefits of our strategy to rejuvenate the business. (iii) Holdings {{fn ref|14|2=Including banking activities.}} underlying earnings remained broadly stable at Euro -1.2 billion. (iv) As a result of the disposal of AXA IM on July 1, 2025, Asset Management underlying earnings decreased by Euro 0.2 billion.
Underlying earnings per share {{fn ref|2|2='Underlying earnings', 'underlying earnings per share', 'underlying return on equity', 'combined ratio' and 'debt gearing' are APMs as defined in ESMA's guidelines and the AMF's related position statement issued in 2015. AXA provides a reconciliation of such APMs to the most closely related line item, subtotal, or total in the financial statements of the corresponding period (and/or their calculation methodology, as applicable) in its Activity Report as of December 31, 2025 ('AXA's 2025 Activity Report'), on the pages indicated under the heading 'USE OF NON -GAAP AND ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE MEASURES'. For further information on the above-mentioned and other non-GAAP financial measures used in this press relea se, see the Glossary in AXA's 2025 Activity Report. AXA's 2025 Activity Report is available on AXA's website (www.axa.com).}} increased by 8% to Euro 3.86, mainly driven by (i) the increase in underlying earnings (+6%) and a decrease in interest expense on undated and deeply-subordinated debt, and (ii) the impact of share buybacks (+3%) including both the annual share buyback program and the anti-dilutive share buyback associated with the sale of AXA IM, partially offset by the unfavorable impact of (iii) foreign exchange rate movements, notably the depreciation of the U.S. dollar against the Euro (-2%).
The sale of AXA IM resulted in a temporary dilution of underlying earnings per share due to the timing of the associated share buyback (-1%).
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Gross written premiums & other revenues were up 5% to Euro 58.0 billion.
* Commercial lines grew by 4% to Euro 35.8 billion, driven by:
* AXA XL Insurance (+3%) from growth in lines with attractive margins, including in Property, and in Casualty from both favorable price effects and higher volumes, partly offset by lower pricing and volumes in Financial lines;
* Asia, Africa & EME-LATAM (+13%) mainly driven by Türkiye from higher average premiums, along with favorable volume and price effects in Mexico; and
* France (+6%) from favorable price effects in all lines of business and higher volumes.
* Personal lines grew by 7% to Euro 19.7 billion, driven by:
* Europe (+5%) from favorable price effects across geographies, except in UK & Ireland Motor, where pricing softened following strong repricing in 2024;
* Asia, Africa & EME-LATAM (+14%) driven by Türkiye from higher average premiums and volumes; and
* France (+9%) with strong volume growth in all lines of business, both from direct business and proprietary agent networks, combined with favorable price effects in Motor.
* AXA XL Reinsurance grew by 8% to Euro 2.6 billion, driven by growth supported by alternative capital and favorable price effects in Casualty partly offset by a softening in other lines.
The all-year combined ratio improved by 0.3 point to 90.6%, mainly driven by:
* Lower undiscounted current year loss ratio excluding natural catastrophe (-0.3 point) from further margin expansion in (i) Commercial lines (-0.5 point), driven by the SME & mid-market business (-0.9 point) in a favorable pricing environment, while margins at AXA XL Insurance were stable at attractive levels (+0.1 point), as well as in (ii) Personal lines (-0.4 point) in a conducive pricing environment;
* Lower expense ratio (-0.3 point) primarily from lower non-commission expense ratio reflecting efficiency gains; and
* Lower natural catastrophe charges (-0.4 point to 3.4%) more than offset by lower prior years' reserve development (+0.7 point at -1.1%).
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==
=== Ratings ===
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{{fn note|1=22|2=AXA maintains up-to-date ratings information on its website at: https://www.axa.com/en/investor/financial-strength-ratings.}}
=== Glossary ===
* Capital-light G/A products: encompass all products with no guarantees, with guarantees at maturity only or with guarantees equal to or lower than 0%.
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'''FOR MORE INFORMATION:'''▼
The AXA Group is a worldwide leader in insurance, with 156,000 employees serving more than 92 million clients in 52 countries. In 2025, IFRS17 revenues amounted to Euro 115.5 billion and IFRS17 underlying earnings to Euro 8.4 billion.
The AXA ordinary share is listed on compartment A of Euronext Paris under the ticker symbol CS (ISN FR 0000120628 – Bloomberg: CS FP – Reuters: AXAF.PA). AXA’s American Depository Share is also quoted on the OTC QX platform under the ticker symbol AXAHY.▼
The AXA Group is included in the main international SRI indexes, such as Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) and FTSE4GOOD.▼
It is a founding member of the UN Environment Programme’s Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) Principles for Sustainable Insurance and a signatory of the UN Principles for Responsible Investment.▼
This press release and the regulated information made public by AXA pursuant to article L. 451-1-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code and articles 222-1 et seq. of the Autorité des marchés financiers’ General Regulation are available on the AXA Group website (axa.com).▼
THIS PRESS RELEASE IS AVAILABLE ON THE AXA GROUP WEBSITE axa.com▼
▲'''FOR MORE INFORMATION:'''
'''Investor Relations:'''
investor.relations@axa.com
▲The AXA ordinary share is listed on compartment A of Euronext Paris under the ticker symbol CS (ISN FR 0000120628 – Bloomberg: CS FP – Reuters: AXAF.PA). AXA’s American Depository Share is also quoted on the OTC QX platform under the ticker symbol AXAHY.
Individual Shareholder Relations: +33.1.40.75.48.43
'''Media Relations:'''
ziad.gebran@axa.com
ahlem.girard@axa.com
sylwia.tulak@axa.com
▲The AXA Group is included in the main international SRI indexes, such as Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) and FTSE4GOOD.
'''Corporate Responsibility strategy:'''
axa.com/en/about-us/strategy-commitments
▲It is a founding member of the UN Environment Programme’s Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) Principles for Sustainable Insurance and a signatory of the UN Principles for Responsible Investment.
'''SRI ratings:'''
axa.com/en/investor/sri-ratings-ethical-indexes
▲This press release and the regulated information made public by AXA pursuant to article L. 451-1-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code and articles 222-1 et seq. of the Autorité des marchés financiers’ General Regulation are available on the AXA Group website (axa.com).
▲THIS PRESS RELEASE IS AVAILABLE ON THE AXA GROUP WEBSITE axa.com
== IMPORTANT LEGAL INFORMATION AND CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND THE USE OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES ==
Certain statements contained herein may be forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, statements that are predictions of or indicate future events, trends, plans, expectations or objectives, and other information that is not historical information. Forward-looking statements are generally identified by words and expressions such as ‘expects’, ‘anticipates’, ‘may’, ‘plan’ or any variations or similar terminology of these words and expressions, or conditional verbs such as, without limitations, “would” and “could”. In particular, the statements in this press release regarding expected underlying earnings per share (“UEPS”) growth for 2026 are forward-looking statements to provide one-off guidance in the context of the last year of the Group’s current strategic plan. These statements and the others contained in the “Outlook” section of this press release are based on Management’s current views and intentions and are subject to change. Undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements because, by their nature, they are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside AXA’s control, and can be affected by other factors that could cause AXA’s actual results to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied or projected by, such forward-looking statements. Each forward-looking statement speaks only at the date of this press release. Please refer to Part 5
In addition, this press release refers to certain non-GAAP financial measures, or alternative performance measures (“APMs”), used by Management in analyzing AXA’s operating trends, financial performance and financial position and providing investors with additional information that Management believes to be useful and relevant regarding AXA’s results. These non-GAAP financial measures generally have no standardized meaning and therefore may not be comparable to similarly labelled measures used by other companies. As a result, none of these non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, the Group’s consolidated financial statements and related notes prepared in accordance with IFRS. “Underlying earnings”, UEPS (“underlying earnings per share”), “underlying return on equity”, “combined ratio” and “debt gearing” are APMs as defined in ESMA’s guidelines and the AMF’s related position statement issued in 2015. AXA provides a reconciliation of such APMs to the most closely related line item, subtotal, or total in the financial statements of the corresponding period (and/or their calculation methodology, as applicable) in its Activity Report as of December 31, 2025 (“AXA’s 2025 Activity Report”), on the pages indicated under the heading “USE OF NON-GAAP AND ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE MEASURES”. For further information on the above-mentioned and other non-GAAP financial measures used in this press release, see the Glossary in AXA’s 2025 Activity Report.
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