AXA improves P&C business in H1
AXA reported a better underwriting profitability in its property/casualty (P&C) business in the first six months of 2017.
The current year P&C combined ratio improved to 96.9 percent in the first six months of 2017 compared to 98.4 percent in the same period a year ago, reflecting lower nat cat losses and attritional losses. Total underlying earnings in the P&C unit grew 6 percent to €1.35 billion in the first half of 2017.
“We made substantial progress in improving our technical profitability in property & casualty,” said Thomas Buberl, CEO of AXA.
“We continued to implement our efficiency strategy across the Group and are well on track to achieve our cost savings target.”
Overall, net income grew 2 percent year on year to €3.27 billion in the first half of 2017. Total revenues rose 0.5 percent to €54.28 billion over the period.
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