AXA announces that AXA France has entered into a reinsurance agreement for an in-force Savings portfolio

 

 

 

 

Paris, December 20, 2023

 

 

AXA announces that AXA France has entered into a reinsurance agreement for an in-force Savings portfolio  

AXA Group announced today that its subsidiary AXA France Vie has entered into a reinsurance agreement with AXA Réassurance Vie France (‘ARVF’), a reinsurance company co-owned by AXA Assurances Vie Mutuelle^[1] and AXA Assurances IARD Mutuelle¹. The reinsurance agreement^[2] with ARVF will cover a total of Euro 12 billion of Savings reserves, including Euro 10 billion of traditional G/A^[3] Savings.

The transaction is expected to result in a cash upstream^[4] to AXA S.A. of Euro 0.6 billion and to have ca. 2 points favourable impact^[5] on AXA Group Solvency II ratio as of December 31, 2023. Additionally, the transaction is expected to result in a reduction in Underlying Earnings of ca. Euro 50 million per annum from 2024 onwards. AXA intends to offset the resulting earnings dilution with a ca. Euro 0.5 billion share buyback^[6] to be launched following the release of the Group’s full year 2023 results and new strategic plan.

The transaction is expected to have an immaterial one-off impact on AXA Group’s Net Income and to result in a reduction in AXA Group’s net Contractual Service Margin of ca. Euro 0.4 billion from 2024.

  

 

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