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AXIS Capital Restructures to Focus More on Tech & Innovation

AXIS Capital Holdings is reorganizing its operations in a bid to focus more on technology and innovation, with an eye on long-term profitable growth. Executives hope to put the new changes in place during the 2018 second quarter. The Bermuda-based …

AXIS Names Swiss Re’s Arora as Reinsurance CEO

AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced that Steve Arora has been named chief executive officer of AXIS Re. Arora joins the company from Swiss Re where he spent 18 years in a variety of senior positions, most recently as head of …

AXIS Capital Completes Purchase of Novae; Executive Team Announced

AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. it has finalized its acquisition of Novae Group plc, which creates a $2 billion insurer in London and a top ten re/insurer at Lloyd’s, with 2016 global gross written premiums of $6 billion. The $611.5 million …

AXIS Capital to Acquire Lloyd’s Specialty Re/Insurer Novae for $604 Million

AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced it is acquiring Novae Group plc, a specialty re/insurer that operates through Lloyd’s of London. “The US$604 million transaction adds scale and breadth to the international specialty insurance business of AXIS, creating a $2 billion …

AXIS Capital CFO Henry to Retire; Vogt Named as Successor

AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced that Chief Financial Officer Joseph Henry will retire at the end of 2017 after five years as CFO at AXIS, said the company in a statement. The current AXIS Insurance Chief Operating Officer Peter Vogt …

Axis CEO Says Acquisition Still in Play Despite Striking Out on PartnerRe

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd., the reinsurer seeking to grow its business after losing a bidding war for PartnerRe, is looking for more partnerships and may try another comparable takeover, its chief executive officer said. “PartnerRe was an example of a …

AXIS Capital’s New Bermuda Operation, Harrington Re, Raises $600M

Harrington Re, a fledgling Bermuda operation sponsored by AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd., has raised $600 million in capital designed to beef up underwriting and investment plans put forth by its sponsor. Blackstone Group will assist with investment management. For AXIS, …

Re/Insurance CEOs Join Insurance Development Forum, UN & World Bank Initiative

A group of re/insurance and global broking CEOs are assisting the work of the Insurance Development Forum (IDF), which was launched last month to help build resilience to climate risk and natural disasters, while bridging the insurance protection gap for …

AXIS Capital Reports Q4 Operating Income of $120M, Level with Q4 2014

AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. reported net income available to common shareholders for the fourth quarter of 2015 of $135 million, or $1.39 per diluted common share, compared with net income of $164 million, or $1.60 per diluted common share, for …

AXIS to Close Australian Retail Operations, Cut 100 Jobs

AXIS Capital Holdings Limited announced it will wind down its retail insurance operations in Australia and continue to operate in the market via its international wholesale insurance and global reinsurance platforms. As a result of this move, the company anticipates …