Reinsurance News

AXA XL Insurance

Duhart to lead AXA XL Specialty Niche business in Americas

13th January 2022

AXA XL Insurance has promoted Maria Duhart to lead its Specialty Niche insurance business in the Americas. She steps into the role of Chief Underwriting Officer for Specialty Niche from her previous role as head of AXA XL's Commercial Bonds business. In her new role, Duhart reports to Donna Nadeau, Chief Underwriting ... Read the full article

AXA XL Insurance promotes Michael Takigawa

7th October 2021

AXA XL Insurance has announced the appointment of Michael Takigawa as its new Head of Commercial E&O for the Americas region. Takigawa is based in San Francisco and Monterey, where he will oversee the underwriting strategy and product innovation for AXA XL's Commercial E&O business in the region. He joined AXA XL ... Read the full article

AXA XL backs NIP Group’s Commercial Excess Liability Coverage program

30th September 2021

AXA XL Insurance and NIP Group, an insurance program administrator, have partnered to launch a new monoline Commercial Excess Liability Coverage program, which the group will now provide brokers and insureds additional coverage through. The primary focus of the program will be on landscapers, arborists, greenhouse growers, paving and excavation contractors, ... Read the full article

AXA XL Insurance names Jeremy Gittler as Head of Cyber & Tech, Americas

28th September 2021

The insurance arm of AXA's property & casualty and specialty risk division, AXA XL, has appointed Jeremy Gittler as Head of Cyber and Technology for the Americas. In his new role, Gittler will be based in New York and will manage AXA XL's cyber portfolio and will develop the regional underwriting ... Read the full article

AXA XL appoints Alex Barker to lead Canadian aviation business

21st December 2020

AXA XL, the property & casualty and specialty risk division of AXA, has appointed Alex Barker to lead its aviation insurance business in Canada. Barker will report to Eric Donofrio, Chief Underwriting Officer, Aerospace, Americas and to Renato Rodrigues, Country Manager, Canada. Donofrio commented on the appointment: "Alex brings exceptional technical knowledge ... Read the full article

AXA XL Insurance adds Thérèse Badr as Senior Claims Adjuster

9th December 2020

AXA XL Insurance has announced the appointment of Thérèse Badr as a Senior Claims Adjuster within its Energy & Construction division. Badr will be based in London and oversee the management of AXA XL’s large and complex Energy and Construction claims, working closely with underwriters and engineers on risk reviews and ... Read the full article

AXA XL affiliate provides cover for innovative medical isotope facility

13th March 2020

AXA XL affiliate and provider of solutions for breakthrough technology projects New Energy Risk (NER) has provided a performance insurance program to SHINE Medical Technologies, a development-stage company working to become the world's leading producer of medical isotopes. The cover is for a new production facility set up by SHINE to ... Read the full article

AXA XL appoints Global Head of Equine, Livestock & Aquaculture

2nd March 2020

AXA XL insurance, a division of AXA Group, has named Chris Williams as the company's Global Head of Equine, Livestock & Aquaculture, based in London and effective immediately. In his new role, he takes responsibility for the development of the firm's Equine, Livestock & Aquaculture portfolio, and will tasked with devising ... Read the full article

AXA XL Insurance bolsters underwriting team in France

28th February 2020

AXA XL Insurance, a division of global insurer AXA, has named Stéphane Vauterin as Underwriting Manager, International Financial Lines for France, based in Paris. He joins the company from Zurich Insurance where he held numerous senior financial lines underwriting roles, and brings more than two decades of industry experience to AXA ... Read the full article

Luis Prato named CUO for AXA XL’s UK entities

12th September 2019

AXA XL has appointed Luis Prato as its new Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) for all UK legal entities, a long-standing employee who had been with the re/insurer since its Catlin days. The UK entities of AXA XL include Catlin Underwriting Agencies Ltd (CUAL) and XL Catlin Insurance Company UK Limited (XLCICL). ... Read the full article

Steven Farr promoted to Global Head of Upstream Energy, AXA XL Insurance

2nd September 2019

AXA XL Insurance has announced the promotion of Steven Farr to Global Head of Upstream Energy, effective immediately. In his new role, Farr will be tasked with leading the firm's Global Upstream Energy team, based in London. He will be responsible for developing the Upstream Energy book, expanding on and delivering ... Read the full article