All the headlines from our AXA XL Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 18 2017 // XL Catlin announced the appointment of Louise Piper as UK Client and Distribution director, effective Sept. 1, 2017. In this role, Piper will be responsible for working with brokers and clients to ensure that XL Catlin...
Aug 15 2017 // Brit Ltd. has appointed Tom Bongi as executive vice president of Professional Lines at Brit Global Specialty USA. Bongi is responsible for establishing and developing Brit’s Professional Lines portfolio in the U.S....
Aug 3 2017 // AXA reported a stronger than expected rise in net profit for the first half of the year, helped by higher asset management and property and casualty earnings, and by lower restructuring costs.Europe’s second largest...
Aug 2 2017 // XL Catlin announced it has launched its Cyber and Data Protection insurance policy in Asia Pacific.With cyber risk ranking in the top 10 in today’s emerging risks, the new policy is designed to protect businesses...
Jul 27 2017 // XL Catlin has introduced CyberRiskConnect, a new policy form to address the expanding exposures of cyber and technology risks.According to John Coletti, chief underwriting officer for XL Catlin’s Cyber &...
Jul 25 2017 // Uber and insurance group AXA have joined forces in France to offer accident cover for drivers who work for the ride hailing service after it faced criticism over their treatment.In France, as in other countries, Uber has...
Jul 17 2017 // XL Catlin announced the appointment of Ashish Umre as Accelerate partner, Artificial Intelligence (AI), based in London.Accelerate is XL Catlin’s internal disruption and innovation team, which was established in...
Jul 12 2017 // XL Catlin’s insurance operations announced the appointment of Sonja Ochsenkuehn as head of Global Programs with worldwide responsibility.Ochsenkuehn’s remit is to drive the network performance and best in class...
Jul 11 2017 // AXA SA and Burberry Group Plc are joining an array of companies committing to going green.Burberry expects to source all of its electricity from clean energy by 2022, while Copenhagen-based international brewing company...
Jun 27 2017 // XL Catlin is continuing to expand its inland marine field operations with the recent addition of Maria Klein as a senior underwriter in Baltimore, Md.“For the last several years, we’ve been expanding our...
Jun 27 2017 // XL Catlin has entered into an exclusive underwriting agreement with The McGowan Companies to provide workplace violence insurance to U.S. businesses.Nearly two million American workers are victims of workplace violence...
Jun 23 2017 // XL Catlin’s excess and surplus (E&S) insurance team has promoted Caitlin Murphy from senior underwriter to the role of eastern regional vice president of E&S Property.In her new role, Murphy will direct...
Jun 22 2017 // XL Catlin has named Russell Crooks as vice president and national inland marine director. Crooks is based in San Francisco. He will liaise with brokers and clients throughout the Western U.S. to address inland marine...
Jun 21 2017 // Allianz SE, the German insurer that stemmed outflows at U.S. asset manager PIMCO, is now trying to bulk up on the other side of the world.“Asia is still a relatively small part of the overall global portfolio but it...
Jun 15 2017 // XL Catlin has launched its new Contractors Pollution Liability Express Program in the US and Canada for small to mid-size construction firms.According to Cathy Cleary, XL Catlin’s executive environmental underwriter,...
Jun 13 2017 // Global specialty insurer StarStone has appointed Rod O’Malley as of head of cargo in London.O’Malley is joining StarStone in from XL Catlin, where he most recently served as head of the UK cargo team and senior...
Jun 7 2017 // XL Catlin has raised its global property insurance capacity by 25 percent to US$500 million, which is available on a quota share or layered basis,.With this capacity increase, the company said it will better address...
Jun 7 2017 // XL Catlin’s insurance operations announced the promotion of Adias Gerbaud to head international environmental.In her newly expanded role, Gerbaud will be responsible for managing XL Catlin’s environmental...
May 31 2017 // XL Catlin has opened its first Political Risk, Credit and Bond (PRCB) insurance practice in Canada and has appointed Marvin Azzopardi as senior underwriter.Based in Toronto, Azzopardi, will join XL Catlin on June 1 and...
May 23 2017 // Insurance company AXA plans to add 550 jobs in Charlotte, N.C., over the next five years, nearly doubling its local workforce. North Carolina officials announced the move May 9 after approving state tax breaks that could...