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AXA XL is the commercial insurance and reinsurance underwriting department of global re/insurer AXA Group.

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LMG names Sean McGovern as sponsor for business environment workstream

21st September 2020

The London Market Group (LMG) has revealed that the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of UK & Lloyd's market at AXA XL, Sean McGovern, has become the new sponsor for the business environment workstream. The workstream proactively engages with the UK government, parliamentary parties and the civil service, ensuring they better understand ... Read the full article

Analysts forecast €1bn capital injection for AXA XL

18th September 2020

Analysts at Deutsche Bank are forecasting a €1 billion capital injection for AXA XL at year-end, in light of losses from an active hurricane season and possible costs from the Beirut explosion. Deutsche Bank recently spoke to AXA’s management team, who reiterated that no capital injection would be necessary for XL ... Read the full article

AXA XL reveals key findings of disaster recovery study

16th September 2020

AXA XL, the property & casualty and specialty risk division of AXA, has partnered with the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies on a study exploring the role re/insurers play in disaster recovery, and plans to launch a new Disaster Recovery Board. The firm also plans to create a new open source database using ... Read the full article

AXA XL’s NA construction business teams up with Procore

13th August 2020

The North America Construction insurance business of AXA XL has added Procore, a leading provider of project management software, to its integrated digital platform designed to help clients manage risks on their jobsites and across their organisations. The Procore construction platform connects entire project teams and enables key stakeholders such as ... Read the full article

AXA XL unveils leadership team for UK & Lloyd’s market division

27th July 2020

AXA XL, the property & casualty and specialty risk division of AXA, has announced the new client-facing leadership team for its UK & Lloyd's region. Towards the end of April, AXA XL revealed plans for a new operating model that would see the establishment of a single global insurance underwriting ... Read the full article

AXA XL names Sean McGovern as CEO UK & Lloyd’s on a permanent basis

8th July 2020

AXA XL, the property & casualty and specialty risk division of AXA, has announced that Sean McGovern has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) UK & Lloyd's market on a permanent basis, subject to regulatory approval. McGovern had been operating in this role in an Interim basis for a ... Read the full article

AXA XL Reinsurance closes alternative capital deal with Bluefire

7th July 2020

AXA XL Reinsurance in Bermuda has completed an alternative capital reinsurance transaction with Bluefire Insurance, a Texas based managing general agency (MGA). Under the terms of the agreement, Bluefire will assume risk from its personal auto portfolio through a collateralized reinsurance agreement with AXA XL. The transaction represents Bluefire's first risk taking ... Read the full article

AXA XL gets approval for first foreign-owned reinsurance subsidiary in China

2nd July 2020

AXA XL, the property & casualty and specialty risk division of AXA, has revealed that its China subsidiary, XL Insurance (China) Company Limited has received the go-ahead from the country's regulator to change its business license from an insurance license to reinsurance. The green light from the China Banking and Insurance ... Read the full article

Xavier Veyry named CEO Asia & Europe at AXA XL

9th June 2020

AXA XL, the property & casualty and specialty risk division of AXA, has announced the appointment of Xavier Veyry as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Asia & Europe. In his new role, Veyry will join the company's newly configured leadership team, and will report to CEO, Scott Gunter. Currently, Veyry serves as Country ... Read the full article

Marsh & AXA XL partner on same-day delivery solution

5th June 2020

Global re/insurance broker Marsh has announced the launch of Marsh deliveryPRO, a customisable insurance solution that enables US businesses to meet the increased demand for same-day delivery of their products more efficiently. Many grocers, delivery network companies, retailers, restaurants, and other businesses are using individual drivers as employees or in a ... Read the full article

AXA XL to launch digital construction platform

29th May 2020

AXA XL's North America Construction insurance business is set to launch an integrated digital platform that monitors and aggregates data to help contractor clients manage risks. The Construction Ecosystem will be made available to a number of current customers from June, with wider access planned for later in 2020. AXA XL claims ... Read the full article

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