AXIS Insurance, the specialty insurance business segment of AXIS Capital, has announced the appointment of two senior underwriters to its US Excess and Surplus (E&S) Property team.
Effective immediately, Chelsea McIntyre and Nicholas Crowder each join the firm as a Vice President.
McIntyre and Crowder’s objective will be to develop and build the AXIS E&S Property book in the West Coast and Chicago regions, respectively.
McIntyre brings close to a decade of insurance experience and most recently served in underwriting roles at Golden Bear Insurance, Allied World and Ironshore.
She is based in San Francisco and will report to Michael Worman, Senior Vice President, E&S Property.
Crowder joins from AmRisc, where he was Assistant Vice President. Before that he worked at Zurich and Allianz Global.
He also brings the best part of a decade’s experience to the role, as well as five years spent in technical risk.
He is based in Chicago and will report to Joe Pisoni, Senior Vice President, E&S Property.
“Chelsea and Nicholas each bring proven technical underwriting skills and an established ability to cultivate mutually beneficial broker relationships,” said Michael Carr, Head of E&S Property for AXIS Insurance.
“We are delighted to welcome them to the team and believe they will be strong contributors as we continue to grow our E&S business.”
