Press Release
PDF 489.8 KB
February 26, 2026
published at 6:45 AM CET
Key FY25 highlights
Capital Management
Outlook
In 2025, AXA delivered another year of very strong performance, with +9% earnings growth in our core businesses excluding AXA IM. We have taken advantage of these excellent results to further enhance reserve prudence.
Our P&C franchise posted stellar results, combining a healthy balance between price and volume with best‑in‑class margins, a lower expense ratio and higher investment income. AXA XL Insurance increased earnings with stable underlying margins. In Life & Health, earnings rose by 7%, with Life already reflecting the early benefits of our strategy to rejuvenate the business and Health growing by 17% even after absorbing the adverse change on VAT treatment in Mexico, underlining the strength of our portfolio. Our investments in automation and Artificial Intelligence are paying off, driving efficiency gains. Our Solvency II ratio is at a very strong level.
These results demonstrate the earnings power of our well-diversified franchise and reinforce our confidence in AXA’s ability to generate sustainable, long‑term value. I would like to thank all our colleagues, agents and partners for their commitment, as well as our customers for their continued trust.
1.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.
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 release, see the Glossary in AXA’s 2025 Activity Report. AXA’s 2025 Activity Report is available on AXA’s website (www.axa.com).
3.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.
4.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.
5.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.
6.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.
7.Subject to approval by the Shareholders’ Annual General Meeting to be held on April 30, 2026.
8.As approved by AXA’s Board of Directors on February 25, 2026, and expected to commence as soon as reasonably practicable, subject to market conditions.
9.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 release regarding forward-looking statements.
10.Estimated based on the Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR) and the amount of capital under Solvency II as of January 1, 2026, as if the Solvency II revision.
Investor Relations team
Axa Media Relations