AXIS Capital Holdings News

AXIS Launches Cyber Center of Excellence to Help Mitigate Cyber Risks

AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. has launched the AXIS Cyber Center of Excellence, which aims to provide commercial insurance products and solutions for mitigating cyber risks. The AXIS Cyber Center of Excellence is intended to address the more than $445 billion …

AXIS Capital Restructures to Focus More on Tech & Innovation

AXIS Capital Holdings is reorganizing its operations in a bid to focus more on technology and innovation, with an eye on long-term profitable growth. Executives hope to put the new changes in place during the 2018 second quarter. The Bermuda-based …

AXIS Names Swiss Re’s Arora as Reinsurance CEO

AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced that Steve Arora has been named chief executive officer of AXIS Re. Arora joins the company from Swiss Re where he spent 18 years in a variety of senior positions, most recently as head of …

AXIS Sweetens Offer for Lloyd’s Specialty Carrier Novae to $611.5M

AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. has substantially sweetened its offer for Novae Group plc, a Lloyd’s of London specialty insurer and reinsurer. AXIS, a Bermuda-based specialty insurer and reinsurer, said it will now pay $611.5 million in cash for Novae, up …

AXIS Capital CFO Henry to Retire; Vogt Named as Successor

AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced that Chief Financial Officer Joseph Henry will retire at the end of 2017 after five years as CFO at AXIS, said the company in a statement. The current AXIS Insurance Chief Operating Officer Peter Vogt …

AXIS Re & China’s Renmin University Offer Actuarial Scholarship

Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced the launch of the “AXIS Re Actuarial Scholarship” in partnership with Renmin University in China. The scholarship fund will provide financial assistance to actuarial students in Renmin’s School of Statistics to help develop their …

AXIS Re Names XL Catlin’s Leahey as Senior Cat U/W for Europe, MENA

AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced the appointment of Michael Leahey as vice president and deputy head of Catastrophe Underwriting for Europe, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and Israel, for AXIS Re. In addition to underwriting property catastrophe reinsurance business …

AXIS Insurance Taps Beazley’s Brown to Lead London Market MGA Growth

AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced that Julian Brown has joined AXIS Insurance as vice president and underwriter, responsible for leading growth initiatives and product development for the company’s London market managing general agency (MGA) unit. Brown will work alongside Paul …

Nichols Resigns as AXIS Re’s CEO; Ekberg Named Interim Head of Reinsurance

Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced that John “Jay” Nichols has resigned from his position as chief executive officer of AXIS Re. Nichols has agreed to remain with the company in a transitional role until March 31. AXIS has named …

AXIS Insurance Expands Cyber Team with Arklie and Tillett Appointments

AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced that Neil Arklie has joined AXIS Insurance as vice president, Financial Lines, and lead underwriter for its London-based international cyber insurance unit. Arklie will lead a team of experienced underwriters focused on writing cyber, media, …