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AXIS expands Draper’s role to Head of AXIS Re, Haugh named Group COO
4th February 2026
Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer AXIS Capital Holdings Limited has expanded Dan Draper’s role to include serving as the Head of AXIS Re and has appointed Ann Haugh to the newly created role of Group Chief Operations Officer (COO). The appointments are part of a planned succession and leadership development process. The ... Read the full article
Paul Ng joins AXIS Re Canada as Reinsurance Treaty Underwriter
15th April 2025
AXIS Re, the reinsurance arm of Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings, has announced the appointment of Paul Ng as Reinsurance Treaty Underwriter. Based in Canada, Ng’s new role will include providing AXIS Re’s reinsurance partners and cedents with specialist underwriting expertise and customer service. He will be reporting to Jessica Coburn, Reinsurance ... Read the full article
AXIS Re names Matthew Krizmanic as Casualty Treaty Underwriter
15th February 2024
AXIS Re, the reinsurance arm of Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings, has announced the appointment of Matthew Krizmanic as Casualty Treaty Underwriter. In this role, Krizmanic will manage a portfolio of casualty treaty business, including workers compensation and general and excess liability, among several other lines of business. He will also be involved ... Read the full article
AXIS Re hires Coburn as Reinsurance Underwriting Head, Canada
29th November 2023
AXIS Reinsurance, the reinsurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings, has appointed Jessica Coburn as Reinsurance Underwriting Head, Canada, effective immediately. In the role, she will report to AXIS Re President, North America, Jason Busti. She is expected to be responsible for representing AXIS Re across the Canadian market, as well as ... Read the full article
AXIS maintains XOL attachment point at mid-year, renews quota shares at consistent levels
3rd August 2023
When renewing its outwards reinsurance for its property portfolio at the mid-year renewals, Bermuda-based AXIS Capital avoided raising the attachment point on its excess of loss occurrence cover. For its insurance property book of business, AXIS renewed coverage at an attachment point in line with the previous year at $100 million, ... Read the full article
AXIS Re names Global Broker Market Executive for Reinsurance
28th June 2023
AXIS Re, the reinsurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings, announced the appointment of Claudine Cutrone Rossman as the Global Broker Market Executive for Reinsurance, effective July 1. Rossman, who currently serves as the head of AXIS Re's North America broker partnerships and initiatives, will now take on an expanded role ... Read the full article
Ben Stilwell becomes AXIS Re’s new CRO
2nd June 2023
Ben Stilwell is starting a new position as Chief Risk Officer (CRO) for AXIS Re SE, the reinsurance underwriting unit of AXIS Capital, a global specialty underwriter and provider of re/insurance solutions. Based in London, Stilwell brings to his new role 17 years of experience in the insurance industry. He most recently ... Read the full article
Reinsurance the smartest approach to cyber as AXIS gets more comfortable with the tail: CEO Benchimol
1st February 2023
After renewing its cyber treaty at the January 1st reinsurance renewals, AXIS Capital Holdings, the Bermuda domiciled global insurer and reinsurer, is "very satisfied" with the program it secured, as it continues to add more comfort around the tail risk, according to Albert Benchimol, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Read the full article
Guy Carpenter appoints AXIS Re’s Les Loh as Chief Executive of Southeast Asia & Korea
20th September 2022
Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter has appointed AXIS Re’s Les Loh as deputy chief executive of Southeast Asia and Korea. Loh will join Guy Carpenter in October and will continue to be based in Singapore. He will also report to Bengt Johnsen - CEO of Southeast Asia and Korea at Guy Carpenter. Within this ... Read the full article
AXIS Re takes new steps in multi-year plan, replaces CEO with Ann Haugh
7th June 2022
Bermuda-based reinsurer AXIS Re has announced that it is to shift its focus to becoming a specialist reinsurer with a commitment to casualty, specialty, A&H, and credit lines. The firm also announced that Steve Arora, current CEO, is to leave and be succeeded by Ann Haugh. The current moves form part ... Read the full article
AXIS Re names Bradley Kove as Senior Underwriter, Mortgage
25th February 2022
AXIS Re, the reinsurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings, has appointed Bradley Kove as Senior Underwriter, Mortgage, effective immediately, bringing over 20 years of experience within the reinsurance industry. In his new position, Kove will be responsible for developing, monitoring and maintaining a profitable portfolio. Prior to his appointment, he was ... Read the full article
AXIS hopeful upward rate momentum will continue: Ann Haugh
21st February 2022
After a late January 1st, 2022, reinsurance renewals season with evident disruption, Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Limited feels that some of the positives suggest a continuation of the current rate and market environment, according to Ann Haugh, the firm's President of Global Property Reinsurance. Executives from global insurer ... Read the full article
AXIS cut reinsurance property & cat premiums by 45% at 1/1
27th January 2022
Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer, AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, further reduced the volatility of its portfolio at the Jan 1, 2022, renewals, cutting its reinsurance property and property catastrophe premiums by 45%. The company's President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Albert Benchimol, confirmed on a recent earnings call that AXIS advanced its ... Read the full article
AXIS returns to profit in Q3 despite reinsurance underwriting loss
28th October 2021
Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Limited has reported net income of $47 million for the third quarter of 2021, despite its re/insurance operations falling to an underwriting loss in the period. AXIS has returned to profit in both the third quarter and first nine months of 2021, when compared with a net ... Read the full article
AXIS Re adds Alexander Riveros to Credit & Surety LatAm team
24th August 2021
AXIS Re, the reinsurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, has announced the appointment of Alexander Riveros as Senior Underwriter, Credit & Surety. In this role, Riveros will be responsible for covering the Latin American market, helping to drive portfolio goals for credit & surety, and to foster partnerships with ... Read the full article
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