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Benoit Valleaux ...
  • Roland Pfaender,MBA,CFA,CCRA

ODDO : Positive momentum should boost sector performance

We believe the insurance sector will continue to generate positive earnings momentum based on improving technical profits, gradual interest rate hikes and ongoing share buybacks. In light of these considerations the sector valuation seems undemanding and we expect a decrease in the cost of capital applied to the sector. Our Top Picks are AXA, Generali, Munich Re and Talanx. - >Favourable operating trends - Moderate price improvements coupled with expense management and...
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Aegon N.V.

Ageas SA/NV

Ageas is an insurance company engaged in providing a range of life and non-life products distributed through a variety of channels. Co. focuses on helping its customers to mitigate risks related to property, casualty, life and pensions. Co. serves its customers through a combination of wholly owned subsidiaries, equity associates and partnerships, with financial institutions and distributors in Belgium, the U.K., Luxembourg, Italy, Portugal, Turkey, France, China, Malaysia, India, Thailand and Hong Kong. Co. is organized into five operating segments: Belgium, U.K., Continental Europe, Asia, and General Account.

Allianz AG CEDEAR

APRIL

April Group designs, sells and manages insurance products through distributors, managers, insurers and reinsurers. Co. divides its activities into four divisions: Health and Personal Protection, Property and Casualty, International (mobility/assistance) and Protection and Legal Services. Health and Personal Protection designs, manages and distributes individual and collective policies; Property and Casualty designs, manages and distributes property and casualty policies for individual clients; International division (mobility/assistance) designs, manages, and distributes policies for individuals and businesses settled abroad; and Protection and Legal Services focuses of legal activities.

AXA S.A. CEDEAR

Banca Generali S.p.A.

Banca Generali is a manager, producer and distributor of financial products and services for customers through financial advisors. Co.'s business areas are the Affluent Channel, which is the total earnings generated for Co. by the network of Banca Generali' Financial and their clients; the Private Channel, which is the total earnings generated for Co. by the network of Private Bankers and Relationship Managers, reporting to the Banca Generali Private Banking Division and by their clients; and the Corporate Channel, which refers to the total earnings generated for Co. by the financing activities of the Finance Department and the provision of banking and investment services to enterprises.

CNP Assurances SA

CNP Assurances is an insurance company. Co. designs, develops, distributes and manages savings, pension & personal risk, and term creditor products. Co. offers savings products and insurance against the risks of everyday life to its customers. Co.'s operations are organized along three business segments. The Savings business concerns products enabling policyholders to build up capital which they can cash in. The Pensions business concerns products designed to enable policyholders to receive an annuity or lump sum on retirement. The Personal Risk business includes products enabling policyholders to insure against the risks of death, accident or illness, property damage or liability claims.

Coface SA

Coface is a holding company that performs its activities through its primary operating subsidiary, Compagnie franASSaise d'assurance pour le commerce extA(c)rieur and its subsidiaries. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is a provider of credit insurance to businesses with solutions to protect them against the rist of client insolvency on both domestic and export markets.

Renascor Resources

Renaissance Resources is engaged in the exploration and development of mineral deposits containing uranium, copper, gold and associated minerals.

Talanx AG

Talanx is a financial and management holding company. Co. is internationally active in primary insurance and reinsurance and in both property/casualty and life business. In the more than 100 years of Co.'s history, Co. has evolved from a single-line liability insurer for industry into a global insurance group with a focus on the industrial and retail lines and reinsurance business. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged in five business segments: Life/Health Reinsurance; Non-Life Reinsurance; Retail Germany; Industrial Lines; and Retail International.

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Oddo BHF
Oddo BHF

​Oddo Securities provides securities brokerage and research services. The company offers equity, economic, and derivatives research and credit analysis services. It focuses on insurance, automotive, building materials, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, information technology, and agri-food industries.

Analysts
Benoit Valleaux

Roland Pfaender,MBA,CFA,CCRA

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