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AXA XL is the commercial insurance and reinsurance underwriting department of global re/insurer AXA Group.
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AXA XL launches global admitted commercial umbrella solution
21st May 2020
AXA XL, a division of AXA Group, has announced that its Global Risk Management (GRM) and the North America Excess Casualty business units have collaborated to launch Multipass, a new global admitted commercial program. The new product brings together a global controlled master program with an umbrella liability solution to create ... Read the full article
AXA Q1 revenues up 4%, 2020 earnings to be “materially impacted” by COVID-19
6th May 2020
Global insurer AXA has posted solid revenue increases across the board for the first quarter, but warned that the coronavirus pandemic will have a material impact on the group’s earnings in 2020. Total revenues were up 4% with growth in all business lines, with Property & Casualty (+3%), driven by Commercial ... Read the full article
AXA XL responds to COVID-19 with remote risk assessments
4th May 2020
AXA XL Risk Consulting has launched a new risk assessment service to enable it to continue evaluating loss prevention across business lines amid COVID-19 restrictions. The service, called Remote Risk Dialogue uses data captured from telephone calls, web tools and existing reports to help risk engineers perform remote analysis. “With restrictions on ... Read the full article
Slice Labs & AXA XL extend cyber cover to Lenovo users
28th April 2020
Slice Labs has announced that its cloud-based cyber insurance for small to midsize businesses (SMB), provided by one of the affiliated insurance companies of AXA XL, will now be offered Lenovo SMB customers. Accessible through the Security Advisor suite of the Lenovo Vantage platform, users will be able to access information ... Read the full article
AXA XL announces new leadership team, operating model
21st April 2020
AXA XL, the property & casualty and specialty risk division of AXA, has announced a new leadership team and proposed changes to the operating model of its insurance business. Following a strategic review, a proposal has been put forward which would see the creation of a single global insurance underwriting function ... Read the full article
AXA XL promotes Peter O’Neill to lead UK downstream and power
4th March 2020
AXA XL, the commercial re/insurance arm of the AXA Group, has promoted Peter O’Neill to UK head of downstream and power. Effective immediately, O’Neill will manage the underwriting operations in the UK for downstream energy and power. Before joining AXA XL as an energy underwriter in 2014, he began his energy career ... 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
AXA looks to address AXA XL volatility with additional reinsurance
20th February 2020
In an effort to minimise earnings volatility within its commercial insurance and reinsurance arm, AXA XL, French insurer AXA has purchased some additional reinsurance covers. The global insurer and reinsurer today announced its results for 2019, reporting a higher net income and elevated total revenues within AXA XL. However, while AXA ... Read the full article
AXA posts 75% net income jump for 2019, XL’s revenue hits €18.7bn
20th February 2020
French insurance and investment giant AXA saw its net income in 2019 jump 75% to €3.9 billion, with growth seen across all lines of business and geographies. This considerable jump in net income was mainly driven by a goodwill impairment of €3 billion related to Equitable Holdings in 2018. Underlying earnings increased ... Read the full article
AXA XL names Scott Gunter as new CEO as Hendrick departs
20th February 2020
AXA XL, the commercial insurance and reinsurance arm of the AXA Group, has announced that its Chief Executive Officer Greg Hendrick is set to depart and has hired Scott Gunter, formerly the Senior Vice President of Chubb Group and President of Chubb’s North America Commercial Insurance division, as its new ... Read the full article
AXA XL’s Allied Specialty & McGowan launch joint venture
12th February 2020
A subsidiary of AXA XL, Allied Specialty Insurance, Inc., has entered into a new joint venture with The McGowan Companies to launch a new firm dedicated to the insurance needs of the Amusement and Entertainment industries. The new entity from AXA XL, which is the property and casualty and specialty risk ... Read the full article
Accenture to provide cyber response service for AXA XL clients
11th February 2020
As part of its existing partnership, professional services firm Accenture is to provide its Cyber Incident Response Service to help AXA XL clients respond to and recover from cyberattacks. Accenture will provide post-breach security services for AXA XL clients outside the US, including incident management and information technology (IT) forensics. The ... Read the full article
AXA XL adds Chief Underwriting Officer, Cyber
5th February 2020
AXA XL, the property and casualty and specialty risk unit of AXA, has named Elizabeth W. Benet to Global Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), Cyber, a newly created position. The appointment is expected to assist with the management of the firm's international cyber risk portolfio. In her new role, Benet will report ... Read the full article
AXA XL strengthens pricing team with hires from Beazley & AIG
16th January 2020
AXA XL, the property and casualty and specialty risk unit of AXA, has named Katy Bradica as Head of Pricing, Long Tail, and Mary Latham as Head of Pricing for Global Specialty. Latham brings two decades of actuarial experience to the role, and joins the global insurer and reinsurer from specialty ... Read the full article
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