AXA ( , NYSE: AXA) is a French global insurance companies group headquartered in Paris and founded in 1985 by Claude Bébéar. AXA is not the name of a single company but a group of companies independently organized and operated according to the regulations of many different countries.
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The AXA group of companies are engaged in life, health and other forms of insurance, as well as investment management. The AXA group operates primarily in Western Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific region and the Middle East.
There are five operating business segments with the AXA group of companies: Life & Savings, Property & Casualty, International Insurance (including reinsurance), Asset Management and Other Financial Services.
The combined group has 189,000 employees and US$122 billion of revenues in 2004. AXA ranks as the 15th largest company in the world (based on revenues) on the 2006 Fortune Global 500 list.
The AXA name
Despite always being written in upper case, "AXA" is not an acronym, but was chosen because its name can be pronounced easily by people who speak any language. After acquiring the Drouot Group in 1982, the company hired an outside consultant to conduct a computer-aided search for a new name. The selection criteria consisted of a short and snappy name to convey vitality, a name that begins with the letter A so that it would appear near the top of all lists, and something that could be pronounced easily in every language, consistent with the group's desire for an international presence. In 1985, Chairman and CEO Claude Bebear chose the name AXA.
Originally named Ancienne Mutuelle, the firm renamed itself Mutuelles Unies after acquiring another insurer, Compagnie Parisienne de Garantie, in 1978. When AXA acquired UAP, France's top insurer, in 1996, the combined firm was known for a time as AXA-UAP, before reverting.
On 14 June 2006, AXA acquired the leading Swiss insurance company Winterthur Group from Credit Suisse for approximately €9 billion.
AXA in the United Kingdom
AXA trades in the United Kingdom as AXA Sun Life, AXA Insurance, AXA Investment Managers and AXA PPP Healthcare. AXA PPP Healthcare was created when AXA bought Guardian Royal Exchange (GRE), though it subsequently sold the other parts of GRE.
AXA run its investment branch through AXA Investment Managers (IM).
AXA Schengen
AXA Schengen was created to help travelers who need a visa and a travel insurance to enter the Schengen area. It is the only product of the AXA Group that is sold directly to consumers and on the internet.
AXA Isle of Man
AXA Isle of Man Limited was originally created as a subsidiary of AXA Sun Life in the United Kingdom, but since the Isle of Man is not a part of the United Kingdom it is regulated instead by the laws of the Isle of Man.
