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BHSI Gets French Insurance License, Names d’Huart from AXA XL as Country Manager
Jun 11 2019 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has received its insurance license in France, established a new office in Paris, and appointed François-Xavier d’Huart as country manager. Beginning...
AXA XL Partners with IPRS Health to Offer Employer’s Liability Insurance Solution in UK
Jun 4 2019 // AXA XL Insurance has partnered with IPRS Health to launch an employer’s liability insurance solution, AXA XL HealthAssist, for UK organizations. With workplace injury and new cases of work-related ill-health costing...
AXA XL Names Chiusano to Lead North America Property Insurance Team in Northeast
May 23 2019 // AXA XL, a division of AXA, has named Raymond Chiusano to lead its North America Property Insurance team’s Northeast region, based in New York. Chiusano is assuming the role currently held by Joseph Moylan, who...
AXA XL Promotes Gauder in Illinois to Lead North Central Region
May 23 2019 // AXA XL has promoted Brian Gauder to lead its North Central region out of Chicago, Ill. AXA also named Raymond Chiusano to lead its North America property insurance team’s Northeast region out of New York. Chiusano is...
AXA XL Names Bertha to Lead U.S. East Region Multinational Casualty Group
May 17 2019 // AXA XL has promoted Marc Bertha as team lead for the U.S. Eastern Region Multinational Casualty group. Based in New York, Bertha will be leading the region’s underwriting team whose overall mission is to partner with...
Industry Veterans Catlin and Brand Launch Specialty Bermuda Re/Insurer Convex Group
Apr 30 2019 // Insurance industry veterans Stephen Catlin and Paul Brand announced they have launched an international specialty insurer and reinsurer, Convex Group Ltd. Convex launches with $1.8 billion of initial committed capital and...
AXA XL Promotes Wilson to Global Head of Portfolio Solutions
Apr 25 2019 // AXA XL announced the promotion of Charlotte Wilson to global head of portfolio solutions, with responsibility for developing and executing the team’s global strategy. Wilson will be part of Philippe Gouraud’s...
AXA Confirms It Insured Some Notre-Dame Artworks for Several Million Euros
Apr 25 2019 // French insurer AXA said on Wednesday that it had provided insurance coverage for a few artworks from Notre-Dame Cathedral for a maximum amount of a few million euros. The insurer had said last week that it provided...
France’s AXA Insures 2 Notre Dame Contractors, Some Religious Artworks
Apr 16 2019 // French insurance firm AXA said on Tuesday it provided insurance coverage for two of the contracting firms that were working on Notre-Dame’s restoration prior to the blaze that devastated the cathedral. The fire...
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Apr 15 2019 // National American International Group has named Carla Ferrara as head of communications for AIG’s Investments organization. Ferrara will be based in New York and report to Elaine Rocha, chief operating officer of AIG...
Axa XL Expands Inland Marine Coverage with Contractor’s Equipment Offering
Apr 9 2019 // Axa XL’s North America marine insurance business is expanding its inland marine business with a new contractor’s equipment product with a number of new coverages. “Contractor’s need a wider variety...
AXA XL Promotes Minors to Product Line Leader, Bermuda Professional Lines Business
Apr 4 2019 // AXA XL has promoted Jennifer Minors to senior vice president – product line leader in its Bermuda Professional Lines Insurance business. Minors is responsible for managing directors and officers (D&O), professional...
AXA XL’s McGavick Looks Ahead to ‘The Golden Age of Insurance’
Mar 21 2019 // Mike McGavick’s turnaround experiences have led him to think carefully about changes that are needed for the insurance industry. “First, cost has got to come down. It’s absurd that approximately 60 cents...
Thinking Past the Obvious: Former CEO of XL Group McGavick Looks Back
Mar 21 2019 // The former chief executive officer of XL Group, Mike McGavick, admits that frequently during his career he has taken on leadership roles that some of his contemporaries considered too hot to handle—such as the...
Pioneer Underwriters Names Former XL Catlin Executive Greggains as Its U.S. CEO
Mar 15 2019 // Pioneer Underwriters, the underwriting group within Minova Insurance Holdings, announced it has appointed Nick Greggains as CEO of Pioneer’s U.S. operation, effective March 25. Greggains succeeds current U.S. CEO...
BHSI Names Heads of Marine (AXA’s Mairos) & Property (Zurich’s Mannion) in UK, Ireland
Mar 11 2019 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has appointed Pedro Mairos as head of Marine, and Sean Mannion as head of Property, for the UK and Ireland. Mairos comes to BHSI with nearly two decades working in...
NIP Group, AXA XL Partner on Greenhouse, Garden Center, Nursery Insurance Program
Mar 5 2019 // NIP Group, Inc. has entered into an underwriting agreement with AXA XL on its GrowPro insurance program. GrowPro provides a complete insurance product for greenhouse growers, nurseries and garden centers...
AXA Reports 66% Drop in 2018 Net Profit on U.S. Unit’s IPO Costs, Natural Disasters
Feb 21 2019 // Net profits at AXA, Europe’s second biggest insurer, fell sharply as a result of charges related to its U.S. unit’s initial public offering (IPO) and a spate of natural disasters, although AXA hoped for higher...
Ironshore’s Shrubb Joins AXA XL’s Terrorism Insurance Team in U.S.
Feb 20 2019 // Morgan Shrubb has joined AXA XL Insurance as underwriting manager for War, Terrorism & Political Violence insurance. Shrubb joins AXA XL from Ironshore International where she served as a production specialist, charged...
AXA XL Merges European Teams with Job Losses Expected
Feb 12 2019 // AXA XL announced another step in its post-merger integration which is expected to lead to job losses in Europe. AXA XL said it began transferring employees in Europe into a single employing company at the beginning of...
