AXA XL News

Thinking Past the Obvious: Former CEO of XL Group McGavick Looks Back

The former chief executive officer of XL Group, Mike McGavick, admits that frequently during his career he has taken on leadership roles that some of his contemporaries considered too hot to handle—such as the turnarounds he led at XL Group …

NIP Group, AXA XL Partner on Greenhouse, Garden Center, Nursery Insurance Program

NIP Group, Inc. has entered into an underwriting agreement with AXA XL on its GrowPro insurance program. GrowPro provides a complete insurance product for greenhouse growers, nurseries and garden centers nationwide. According to Tom Doherty, president of NIP Group’s Specialty …

Ironshore’s Shrubb Joins AXA XL’s Terrorism Insurance Team in U.S.

Morgan Shrubb has joined AXA XL Insurance as underwriting manager for War, Terrorism & Political Violence insurance. Shrubb joins AXA XL from Ironshore International where she served as a production specialist, charged with growing the company’s war, terrorism and political …

AXA XL Merges European Teams with Job Losses Expected

AXA XL announced another step in its post-merger integration which is expected to lead to job losses in Europe. AXA XL said it began transferring employees in Europe into a single employing company at the beginning of February and, subject …

AXA XL Transfers XL Insurance from UK to Dublin as Post-Brexit HQ

AXA XL has completed the transfer of its European Union insurance company, XL Insurance Co. SE (XLICSE), from the UK to Dublin, Ireland. XLICSE is a wholly owned subsidiary within the AXA XL division of AXA Group, providing insurance within …

AIG’s Bernal Joins AXA XL’s Broker/Client Management Team in Texas

Roman E. Bernal has joined AXA XL’s broker and client management team in Houston as client distribution leader for the US South Central region, reporting to Wayne Speeg, US South Central regional leader. Bernal will be one of AXA XL’s …

AXA XL Uses AI to Speed Up Property Engineering Risk Analysis, Underwriting

AXA XL Risk Consulting announced it is using artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance its property risk engineering capabilities. AXA XL Risk Consulting is working with Expert System, an Italian developer of cognitive computing software based on AI algorithms. In order …

AXA XL Appoints Dicob to Excess Casualty Insurance Team in New York

AXA XL has appointed Andrew Dicob to its Excess Casualty Insurance team as leader for the U.S. Northeastern region. Based in New York and reporting to Donnacha Smyth, president of Global Excess Casualty, Dicob will work with brokers and clients …

Harwood Joins AXA XL’s Broker and Client Management Team in Chicago

Josh Harwood has joined AXA XL’s Broker and Client Management team as client distribution Leader for the US North Central Region. He is based in Chicago and reports to Todd Sutherland, US North Central Regional leader. Harwood will be one …

AXA XL’s E&S Casualty Insurance Names 2 U.S. Product Leaders

AXA XL insurance has appointed new Excess & Surplus (E&S) Casualty product leads in the U.S. Ankur Chokshi has been promoted to head of E&S Primary Casualty and Brokerage and Binding Authority while Kimberly Smid joins AXA’s E&S team to …