Financial Data
Well-established in Western Europe, North American and Asia/Pacific markets, the Group intends to reinforce its growth in the years ahead by intensifying its presence in high-growth markets.
Revenues
Total revenues were up 4% on a comparable basis to €102,874 million. All markets recorded a strong growth.
Net Income
Net income decreased by 66% to Euro 2.1 billion, as the increase in adjusted earnings was more than offset by (i) the impairments of both the goodwill from AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc. in Group Share (Euro -3.0 billion) and other intangible assets linked to the transformation of our Swiss Group Life business, as anticipated, (ii) higher restructuring costs and exceptional charges, related to both the IPO of AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc. and the acquisition of XL Group, combined with (iii) the negative impact from the change in the fair value of financial assets and derivatives.
Underlying Earnings
Underlying Earnings increased by 6% to Euro 6.2 billion, reflecting a strong operational performance across most of our geographies, partly offset by higher natural catastrophes at AXA XL.
Solvency II ratio
Solvency II ratio was down 12 points versus December 31, 2017 to 193%, as the effect of the closing of the XL Group acquisition was partly offset by the positive economic impacts from both the IPO and secondary offering of AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc., a strong operating return net of dividend to be proposed by the Board of Directors, and management actions to reduce equity market risk.
Revenues by geographic region
Underlying earnings before tax by business segment
*FY15 figures are restated following the sale of the UK Life & Savings business
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Human Capital
Workforce at a glance
The footprint of AXA’s overall salaried workforce on December 31, 2018 has increased by more than 8% compared to 2017. Where the acquisition of the XL Group contributes with the 80%.
AXA continued to recruit in 2018 and hired more than 17,400 employees on open-ended contracts (excluding entries due to mergers and acquisitions), of which more than 4,200 were sales employees.
For more information on workforce dynamics, please refer to AXA's 2018 Annual Report.
AXA workforce is categorized in Global Employee Categories. Ranges of the employee population having comparable contribution and impact accross AXA globally, regardless of function and people management role.
Work Conditions
AXA promotes employee health and well-being as well as maintains sustainable and responsible employer practices, fostering social dialogue and work conditions. Also working on building an inclusive workplace environment. All of which contributes to stable voluntary turnover rates.
AXA launched in 2017 a Global Parental Policy which gives all AXA employees across all countries where AXA operates the same rights and opportunities when expanding their family. The number of maternity / paternity-absence-related days has globally increased by 8% with a more significant impact on sales population (+17%) since 2016.
Learning and career management
Learning
AXA focuses on delivering new digital learning experiences to foster a self-learning organization, leveraging on the latest approaches and technologies. AXA's competencies development is now impacting almost all employees. The number of training days of salaried workforce remained stable. However, with 97.8% of its employees trained at least once a year, a very significant increase compared to last year (+13.6%).
Compensation
Reward and recognition at AXA are other key drivers to foster employee engagement and to a fulfilling and successful career.
AXA's compensation policy is designed to support the Group's long-term business strategy and to align the interests of its employees with those of other stakeholders by establishing a clear link between performance and remuneration, ensuring competitive compensation arrangements across the mutiple markets. In 2018, 23% of the remuneration of AXA workforce was based on collective and individual performance.
In 2018, total compensation cost amounted to €9.3 billion which corresponds to an increase of 9.1% compared to 2017. On a constant exchange rate basis, total compensation cost increased by 11.2%.
Mobility
AXA established Group-wide mobility policies and processes and enabled Group-wide posting of internally and externally available jobs. In 2018 the overall volume of employees with international moves remained stable compared to previous year.
Diverse Organization
To tackle tomorrow's challenges, AXA aims at setting and enriching an environment and culture which values diversity and inclusion for its entire people whatever their profiles are. AXA Group is convinced that diversity and inclusion management are key levers to breed talent and innovation within the organization and to remain a top player of the market.
AXA's leaders are committed to reach gender balance across all levels of the organization. As of end of 2018, women made up over 53.5% of AXA's global workforce and held 29% of all executives positions. AXA reaffirmed its priority to reach gender parity by 2023 among Top Senior Executives' population.
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