Latest AXA XL Headlines
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AXA, XL Choose Name for Combined P/C, Specialty Operations: ‘AXA XL’
Jul 12 2018 // Following the completion of the acquisition of XL Group by AXA SA – expected in the second half of 2018 – the two insurers have chosen the name of the division that will be dedicated to large property/casualty...
AXA Liabilities Managers Acquires Gothaer Re Run-Off Portfolio
Jul 9 2018 // Specialist run-off acquirer and manager AXA Liabilities Managers (AXA LM) has acquired the legacy assumed portfolio of Cologne-based Gothaer Finanzholding A.G., which is been in run-off since it ceased trading in 2004. The...
UK Insurance Sector Launches ‘Inclusive Behaviours Pledge’ to Build Diversity
Jul 5 2018 // Insurers, industry bodies and brokers, together with other organizations across the insurance sector, have joined forces to launch a new industry-wide pledge, designed to change behaviors and create a more inclusive work...
XL Catlin Is Lead Investor in $16.5M Financing for Israeli Maritime Risk Analytics Firm
Jul 3 2018 // XL Catlin’s venture capital arm is the lead investor in a $16.5 million financing for Windward, a maritime risk analytics firm, based in Israel. XL Innovate led the Series C financing, though previous investor...
AXA Art Names Buchmann as President, CEO of Americas
Jul 2 2018 // AXA Art has appointed industry veteran, Irina Buchmann as president and chief executive officer of its Americas operation. The Americas operations of the specialist insurer encompasses Brazil, Canada, Mexico and the United...
XL Catlin’s Eells Joins Validus Specialty as Chief Operating Officer
Jun 29 2018 // Validus Specialty Underwriting Services announced the appointment of Bob Eells as senior vice president and chief operating officer of Validus Specialty, Western World and Crop Risk Services. Leading operations and...
XL Catlin, Bamboo Insurance to Provide Property Coverage In California
Jun 28 2018 // XL Catlin and new insurtech-focused program administrator Bamboo Insurance have entered into an underwriting agreement to provide property insurance in California. Bamboo Insurance is a California-based program...
AXA Belgium Partners with Online Car Repair Platform Fixico
Jun 25 2018 // AXA, the Paris based insurance & asset management firm, and Fixico, a platform for cosmetic car repairs, after several months of joint testing, have just started to provide AXA’s customers in Belgium with an...
XL Catlin Launches Specialty Aviation Insurance in Mexico
Jun 22 2018 // XL Catlin announced the launch of specialty aviation insurance in Mexico. The new product suite will initially focus on general aviation hull and liability risks. With an established presence in Latin America and aviation...
XL Catlin Offers TradeTapp Tool that Helps Contractors Pre-Qualify Subcontractors
Jun 15 2018 // XL Catlin’s North America Construction insurance business has teamed up with construction tech start up, TradeTapp, to provide Subcontractor Default Insurance (SDI) clients with access to the platform that helps...
ING, AXA Form Digital Bancassurance Partnership, Offering Cover in 6 Countries
Jun 13 2018 // ING and AXA announced a long term and exclusive, multi-country bancassurance partnership to provide insurance products and related services through a central digital insurance platform. Under the partnership, ING will...
XL Catlin Adds Cyber Solution to UK Casualty Insurance Offering
Jun 12 2018 // XL Catlin’s insurance operations in the UK announced the extension of its casualty insurance offering to include a cyber solution. The endorsement – which is designed for mid-sized and large companies that...
XL Catlin Updates Coverage for Environmental Contractors, Consultants
Jun 12 2018 // The North American Environmental Unit of XL Catlin has updated its professional and pollution insurance coverages for contractors and environmental consultants. New additions to XL Catlin’s Professional and Pollution...
XL Catlin Launches Auto Terror Protect Coverage for Vehicle Terrorist Attacks
Jun 8 2018 // XL Catlin’s has launched a new insurance product for companies with fleets of vehicles which could be used as a weapon in a terrorist attack. According to Mark Steddon, senior underwriter, Terrorism & Political...
XL Group Shareholders Give AXA Acquisition Green Light
Jun 7 2018 // Insurer XL Group’s shareholders have approved an agreement for AXA to acquire 100 percent of XL Group. Total consideration for the planned acquisition would amount to approximately USD $15.3 billion, to be fully paid...
XL Catlin Names Smyth, Greavesas to Global Excess Casualty Posts
Jun 6 2018 // XL Catlin insurance operations named Donnacha Smyth as president and Carla Greavesas as chief underwriting officer of Global Excess Casualty. Smyth, who will be based in Dublin, will start his new role in September. He...
Chahine Named Chief Executive Officer of AXA Partners
Jun 5 2018 // Gilbert Chahine has been appointed chief executive officer of AXA Partners, the entity of the AXA Group Innovation Business Unit dedicated to forging global insurance and business partners. Prior to this appointment,...
Wall Street to Weigh In on AXA IPO Next Week
Jun 1 2018 // Weeks after becoming the largest U.S. listing of 2018, Axa Equitable Holdings Inc. is trading below the price range that investors were originally asked to pay at its initial public offering. But an incoming round of...
XL Catlin Adds Nieves to War, Terrorism, Political Violence Team in Atlanta
May 21 2018 // XL Catlin has promoted Lindsey Nieves to AVP, underwriting manager in its regional US War, Terrorism & Political Violence insurance team for the South and Central zone, which is headquartered in Atlanta. According to...
XL Catlin’s Benjamin to Head Zurich North America’s Management Solutions Group
May 21 2018 // Brian Benjamin, a longtime insurance executive with experience in professional liability lines, has joined Zurich North America as head of Management Solutions. Benjamin will be accountable for the performance of the...
