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AXA XL
AXA XL is the commercial insurance and reinsurance underwriting department of global re/insurer AXA Group.
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AXA XL announces replacement chair for UK supervisory roles
14th September 2022
AXA XL has announced that Claire Ighodaro CBE will be retiring from her position as Chair of the Boards of AXA XL Underwriting Agencies Ltd and AXA XL Insurance Company UK Ltd . Her retirement is effective as of December 31, 2022. AXA XL has also confirmed that Nigel Hinshelwood has been ... Read the full article
AXA XL names Bertrand Romagne as CEO for XLRE Europe
30th August 2022
AXA XL has appointed Bertrand Romagne to the role of CEO for XLRE Europe. The firm said in a LinkedIn post that it was proud that Romagne, with thirty years’ experience, was taking on the role. It said: “In addition to his international region leadership responsibilities, Bertrand will now be CEO for ... Read the full article
AXA XL appoints Cedric Franklin as Regional Director of Commercial Bonds
24th August 2022
AXA XL has appointed Cedric Franklin as VP Regional Director, Canada, to address the continued demand for Commercial Bonds from businesses in the country. Franklin will work closely with Alex Barker, Head of Specialty Insurance for Canada and Pat Dougherty, Global Head of Commercial Bonds. He is tasked with leading the continued ... Read the full article
Katy Bradica named Chief Pricing Actuary for AXA XL Reinsurance
23rd August 2022
AXA XL, the property and casualty and specialty risk unit of AXA, has announced the appointment of Katy Bradica as Chief Pricing Actuary for AXA XL Reinsurance. In her new role, Bradica will lead the Reinsurance Pricing & Analytics function and will be responsible for the design and implementation of business ... Read the full article
AXA XL expands underwriting division with three US hires
19th August 2022
AXA XL has beefed up its underwriting division with new hires in New York, Los Angeles, and St. Paul. The firm said it has hired Deuayne Crawford as head of cyber for the northeast; Marisa Vero as senior underwriter; and Hannah Baker as underwriter. Jeremy Gittler, head of cyber and tech E&O ... Read the full article
AXA XL appoints Lahrmann as Senior Underwriter, Intl Property, Insurance UK & Lloyd’s
18th August 2022
AXA XL Insurance has appointed Sabrina Lahrmann as Senior Underwriter, International Property, UK & Lloyd’s, with immediate effect. Within her new role, Lahrmann will be responsible for helping to deliver the strategic and profitable growth of AXA XL’s International Property book of business in the UK, as well as establishing and ... Read the full article
AXA XL names Perrotti as CUO for Marine in the Americas
17th August 2022
AXA XL Insurance has promoted Michael Perrotti to the role of Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) for its Marine insurance business in the Americas. Previously Inland Marine Practice Leader for Marine in North America, Perrotti assumes the CUO role from Anne Marie Elder who will now focus on her role as Global ... Read the full article
AXA XL appoints Lead Underwriter for War, Terrorism & Political Violence
5th August 2022
AXA XL has appointed Greg Johnson as lead Underwriter for War, Terrorism and Political Violence (WTPV) business for the Western Region of the US. Within this role, Johnson will be based in Los Angeles, where he will focus on growing the west coast terrorism portfolio, as well as monitoring financial exposure, and building and ... Read the full article
AXA XL Re’s revenue down by 21% on nat cat reduction
3rd August 2022
Global insurer AXA has today reported 1% growth in gross revenues to €55 billion for the first half of 2022, although within AXA XL Reinsurance revenues fell by 21% on the back of a strong reduction in natural catastrophe exposure. Alongside the growth in gross revenues, French insurer AXA has reported ... Read the full article
AXA XL appoints Christopher Lee head of E&S property insurance
29th July 2022
AXA XL, the property & casualty and specialty risk division of AXA, has promoted Christopher Lee to lead its Excess & Surplus property insurance business. Based in New York, Lee will be responsible for the underwriting management of AXA XL's book of E&S property business. He will report to Michele Sansone, Chief ... Read the full article
AXA XL appoints Waters to the new role of Head of US Middle Market
28th July 2022
AXA XL Insurance has appointed Matthew Waters to the new role of Head of US Middle Market. Based in Boston, Waters will report to Joe Tocco - AXA XL's CEO of the Americas. Within this new role Waters will build out AXA XL’s target middle market client offering, as well as leveraging ... Read the full article
AXA XL names Burgess Senior Underwriter, Construction, UK & Lloyd’s
25th July 2022
AXA XL has appointed Adrian Burgess as Senior Underwriter, Construction, for the UK and Lloyd’s. The appointment, which becomes effective immediately, will see Burgess responsible for developing and managing underwriting strategies for both renewal and new business within AXA XL’s Construction book of business in the UK Additionally, he will work closely ... Read the full article
Rossini and Suckerman take new roles within AXA XL cyber business
20th July 2022
AXA XL’s cyber insurance business has announced the creation of two new roles and several regional underwriting management appointments in the US. Rachel Rossini has assumed a new role as Product Manager for Cyber and Technology E&O. In her new role, Rossini will lead the company’s go-to-market strategy in the US cyber ... Read the full article
AXA XL appoints Sarah White as senior underwriter for PI, UK and Lloyd’s
20th July 2022
AXA XL has appointed Sarah White as senior underwriter for professional indemnity for the UK and Lloyd’s. The appointment, which becomes effective immediately, will see White responsible helping to deliver the strategic, profitable growth of AXA XL’s Professional Indemnity book of business in the UK and establishing and developing relationships with ... Read the full article
Berenberg forecasts improved underwriting for AXA XL
15th July 2022
Analysts at Berenberg are forecasting improved results for AXA ahead of the company’s forthcoming H1 results, including better underwriting both on a group level and within the AXA XL business unit. During Q1 2022 results, AXA said that AXA XL’s Russia loss would be at about the same level as the ... Read the full article




