Latest AXA XL Headlines

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People & Places

Jan 13 2020 // AXA XL Risk Consulting has appointed Sheri Wilbanks as its global Casualty & Environmental Lines of Business manager. Wilbanks will be responsible for building a global casualty and environmental risk consulting...

AXA XL, Slice Labs, Microsoft to Offer Cyber Risk Management Tools

Dec 23 2019 // AXA XL, the p&c and Specialty Risk Division of global insurer AXA, Slice Labs Inc. (Slice), an on-demand insurer of cloud technology, and Microsoft will work together to help improve cyber health and mitigate risks for...

AXA XL Adds Novoa, Delaney to Environmental Insurance Team in New York

Dec 12 2019 // AXA XL has welcomed Senior Underwriters Odette Novoa and Erica Delaney to its Environmental insurance team in New York.Both have joined AXA XL’s Northeast regional environmental underwriting team and report to Hiral...

Preferred Property Program Launches D&O Policy for Community Associations

Dec 3 2019 // Preferred Property Programs (PPP), a division of Jacobson, Goldfarb & Scott, Inc. (JGS Insurance), has released a national insurance product for community associations. In conjunction with AXA XL, a division of AXA,...

AXA XL Names AIG’s Wilbanks as Casualty, Environmental Risk Engineering Manager

Dec 2 2019 // AXA XL Risk Consulting has appointed has appointed Sheri Wilbanks as its global Casualty & Environmental Lines of Business manager.Wilbanks will be responsible for building a global casualty and environmental risk...

AXA XL Buys London-Based Title Insurance Agency, Agrees to Buy Mexico Title Insurer

Nov 27 2019 // AXA XL announced it has completed the acquisition of Secure Legal Title Ltd., a London-based insurance agency and Lloyd’s approved coverholder, with operations in the U.K., Europe, India and the Americas.Founded in...

AXA XL Launches Risk Innovation Incubator Called ‘Cube’

Nov 20 2019 // AXA XL Insurance launched Cube, a risk innovation incubator, a six-week program designed to enable risk managers to work alongside AXA XL risk and innovation experts to develop innovative risk management solutions for...

Are Employees Pushing Insurers to Shun Coal in Climate Change Movement?

Nov 7 2019 // Seventeen insurers have restricted insurance services to coal projects in the past two years.A dozen insurers have adopted policies to stop all direct insurance coverage to new coal projects – among them are Allianz,...

BHSI Forms Construction, Casualty Teams in France, Led by AXA XL’s Antiphon, Bonifay

Oct 29 2019 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has commenced underwriting casualty and construction insurance in France and filled two key in-country leadership posts, naming Olivier Antiphon as head of...

AXA to Sell Belgian Bank Unit to Crelan for $689.5M, Forms Bancassurance Deal

Oct 25 2019 // AXA announced it has entered into an agreement to sell its Belgian banking operations, AXA Bank Belgium, to Crelan Bank for cash and Crelan’s loan insurance business.In addition, AXA and Crelan have also agreed to a...

People & Places

Oct 21 2019 // Reid French has stepped down as CEO of the insurance agency technology firm Applied Systems, and Cloud Technology Executive Taylor Rhodes has joined Applied as the new CEO.French, who served as CEO for eight years, will...

Munich Re America Taps AXA XL’s Herrera for New Diversity and Inclusion Post

Oct 18 2019 // Munich Reinsurance America has appointed Juan Herrera as its first full-time head of Diversity and Inclusion. Herrera will oversee all diversity and inclusion efforts across the North American region including Munich...

AXA Weighs Selling Central European Business, to Exit Non-Core Markets: Sources

Oct 15 2019 // French insurer AXA is considering selling its Central European business as part of a restructuring to quit markets where it lacks scale, three sources familiar with the situation said.AXA is undergoing a deep restructuring...

AXA XL Appoints Ex-Zurich Executive Longo as Country Leader, Italy

Sep 27 2019 // AXA XL Insurance announced the appointment of Saverio Longo as country leader, Italy. He will join AXA XL in November and will be based in Milan. He succeeds Simona Fumagalli, who was appointed head of International...

AXA XL, Accenture Partner to Provide Cyber-Security Services to AXA XL Clients

Sep 26 2019 // AXA XL and Accenture are partnering to offer global cyber-security expertise to AXA XL’s underwriters, brokers and clients to strengthen their cyber capabilities and recover from cyber attacks.AXA XL — AXA’s...

AXA Liabilities Managers Buys Non-Life Legacy Portfolio of Munich Re Malaysia

Sep 20 2019 // AXA Liabilities Managers announced it has completed the acquisition of the non-life legacy portfolio of Munich Re Malaysia (a branch of Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in Munich).The portfolio...

BHSI Taps Executives from AIG and AXA XL as Claims & Product Line Leaders in France

Sep 19 2019 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has expanded its leadership team in France, naming Katell Pouliquen as head of Claims, Louis du Ché as head of Property and Ludovic Ruiller as head of...

Specialty Lines Insurance: Innovating at the Edges of Society and the Economy

Sep 17 2019 // Emerging risks with little or no claims history can be notoriously difficult to underwrite—but many specialty lines companies are finding ways to put their toes in the water to insure these new risks, especially when...

AXA XL Partners with Insurtech Neptune Flood to Expand Private Flood Insurance

Sep 12 2019 // AXA XL is partnering with digital private flood insurance program manager Neptune Flood in a strategic underwriting partnership that will more than double Neptune’s capacity across the country.According to CEO Jim...

AXA XL Appoints Zurich’s Tello to Lead New Captive Insurance Practice in Canada

Sep 11 2019 // AXA XL has launched a local captive practice in Canada which will be led by expert Alonso Y. Tello.Tello’s appointment is part of AXA XL’s continued growth to bring in expertise and expand the group’s...