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

Jan 9 2019 // 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...

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Jan 7 2019 // Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson has appointed Bill Creedon as Construction Industry leader for North America within its Corporate Risk and Broking segment. Creedon, a 30-year insurance and construction risk industry...

Top Insurance Journal International Stories of 2018

Dec 31 2018 // Mergers & acquisitions drew a lot of interest from the readers of Insurance Journal’s International section in 2018 with 11 of the top 25 articles focusing on Marsh & McLennan’s acquisition of JLT,...

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

Dec 19 2018 // 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...

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Dec 17 2018 // XL Catlin has added Kimberly Hans to its Broker & Client Management team as Southeast Regional Leader.Hans is based in Atlanta and reports to Robert Peretti, XL Catlin’s Head of Broker & Client Management in...

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

Dec 12 2018 // 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...

AXA XL Adds Cybersecurity Services to Cyber Insurance Program

Nov 30 2018 // AXA XL, a division of AXA, has added complimentary proactive cybersecurity services for its primary cyber & technology insurance clients to improve their cybersecurity preparedness.During their first cyber insurance...

AXA to Buy Remaining 50% Stake in AXA Tianping for China Growth

Nov 28 2018 // AXA announced it has entered into an agreement with the current domestic shareholders of AXA Tianping Property & Casualty Insurance Co. Ltd. to acquire the remaining 50 percent stake of the company.Total consideration...

Update: AXA Expects Profits to Be Boosted by Its $15 Billion XL Deal

Nov 28 2018 // AXA, Europe’s second-biggest insurer, expects its profitability to improve in the next two years thanks to U.S. business brought in by its new XL arm, and said it would now focus on expanding in Asia.The French...

XL Insurance to Cut Coal Industry Business Under Parent AXA’s Climate Order

Nov 26 2018 // AXA, France’s biggest insurer, has extended its climate change policy to its recently acquired XL division, joining a growing list of European insurers that have taken action to help to tackle global warming.AXA,...

AXA XL Buys 100% of New Ocean to Build Alternative Capital Business

Nov 20 2018 // AXA XL’s reinsurance operation has completed the acquisition of all third party ownership interests in its majority-owned asset management affiliate, New Ocean Capital Management Ltd.Financial details of the...

AXA XL, Slice Labs Launch On-Demand Cyber Coverage for Small, Mid-Size Businesses

Nov 5 2018 // Slice Labs Inc., an on-demand insurance cloud provider, and AXA XL, a division of AXA, have launched a new cyber insurance policy specifically designed for small and midsize businesses (SMBs).Powered by Slice’s...

AXA Mexico Confirms Client Information, Resources Are Safe After Cyber Attack

Oct 25 2018 // AXA Mexico said the information and resources of its customers are safe and have not been affected by a cyber attack, which it discovered on Oct. 22.In a statement, AXA Mexico said that it had “identified anomalies...

AXA Cyber Attack Prompts Mexico Central Bank to Issue Security Alert

Oct 24 2018 // Mexico’s central bank said on Tuesday it had raised the security alert level in its payment system after a non-banking financial user reported “inconsistencies” in the cash payment matching system.Insurer...

AXA XL Launches Standalone Insurance for Workboat Risks

Oct 17 2018 // AXA XL’s North America marine insurance business has expanded its coverage options for the marine insurance market with a new policy specifically designed and delivered to address workboat risks.AXA XL’s...

AXA Becomes Global Insurance Partner of UK’s Liverpool Football Club

Oct 5 2018 // AXA becomes the “official global insurance partner” for Liverpool Football Club, which is part of the English Premier League.In addition to providing excellent global brand visibility and raising AXA’s...

AXA XL Canada Taps Ashall from Aon Reed Stenhouse for Broker & Client Mgmt. Team

Sep 28 2018 // AXA XL Canada has added Jonathan Ashall to its Broker & Client Management team. Ashall is based in Toronto and reports to Urs Uhlmann, CEO and country manager AXA XL Canada.Ashall joins AXA XL from Aon Reed Stenhouse...

AXA XL Names Moniz & Scully to Lead Excess Casualty Teams in Bermuda, Dublin, Respectively

Sep 26 2018 // AXA XL announced two senior promotions within its Excess Casualty Insurance business.Effective immediately Vivienne Moniz and Elaine Scully have been appointed as head of Excess Casualty, Bermuda, and head of Excess...

Pioneer Taps XL Catlin’s McMellin as CEO; Douetil Becomes Chairman, as Taylor Retires

Sep 25 2018 // Pioneer Underwriters appointed Andrew McMellin as chief executive officer, effective Oct. 8, 2018 and pending regulatory approval.Dane Douetil, CEO of Pioneer’s parent company, Minova Insurance Holdings Ltd., and...

AXA XL Names Greensmith CEO of Catlin Underwriting Agencies, XL Catlin Insurance Co. UK, Succeeding Jardine

Sep 24 2018 // AXA XL announced that Paul Greensmith has been appointed CEO of legal entities: Catlin Underwriting Agencies Ltd. and XL Catlin Insurance Co. UK Ltd., subject to regulatory approvals. He replaces Paul Jardine, who, as...