All the headlines from our AXA XL Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 24 2017 // XL Catlin has launched a $500,000 fund to support “early career scientists” undertaking research into the changing ocean environment.The XL Catlin Ocean Risk Grants will be awarded to scientists for final year...
Feb 23 2017 // AXA has reached a “critical size” and is ruling out major acquisitions such as Italy’s Generali, the French insurer’s chief executive Thomas Buberl said on Thursday.It is managing risks relating to...
Feb 13 2017 // XL Catlin has opened a shared services office, covering three floors at DLF World Tech Park in Gurgaon, India.The new office will provide “vital underwriting support, claims administration, actuarial services,...
Jan 30 2017 // The UK division of French insurer AXA said its travel policies would cover those denied access to the United States due to a U.S. travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries. An executive order by U.S....
Jan 26 2017 // XL Catlin has announced the appointment of Dr. Henna A. Karna as chief data officer, reporting to XL’s chief platform officer, Myron Hendry.Karna has more than 20 years’ experience leading data-driven, digital...
Jan 26 2017 // Alan F. Short has joined XL Catlin’s Excess Casualty team as a senior underwriter in Kansas City. Short brings 30-plus years of broker and underwriting experience, including his recent tenure as an underwriting...
Jan 24 2017 // XL Catlin’s Excess Casualty unit has added Byron D. Goebel and Eric Buttner to its Dallas team as senior underwriters in Dallas. Goebel joins XL Catlin with nearly 30 years of underwriting and broker experience, most...
Jan 23 2017 // XL Catlin’s reinsurance business group that it has received final approval from the Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India to open an onshore reinsurance branch office of XL Insurance Company SE.The...
Jan 19 2017 // XL Catlin’s P&C Underwriting Capital Management operation has appointed Anne Middleton to manage its ceded reinsurance placements globally.In her new role, Middleton, who is based in Londo, will be responsible...
Jan 11 2017 // XL Catlin announced the launch of a new environmental insurance solution in Ireland, which is tailored to address the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Guidance on Financial Provision for Environmental...
Jan 3 2017 // Marsh, the wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Cos., said it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Bluefin Insurance Group Ltd., a subsidiary of AXA UK plc, from AXA Group.Founded in 2008,...
Jan 3 2017 // Markel International, the London-based specialist insurer, has appointed Ryan Godfrey as senior underwriter and head of the cargo team within its marine, energy and property division.He joins senior underwriter Richard...
Dec 29 2016 // XL Catlin’s insurance operations in Germany have announced the addition of a stand-alone clinical trials solution for life science clients.Life science companies are operating in an increasing complex and litigious...
Dec 21 2016 // XL Catlin’s has launched Active Assailant, Loss of Attraction and Threat (ALT) insurance coverage to respond to the impact of terrorism or an active assailant attack or the threat of an attack on the operations of...
Dec 20 2016 // XL Catlin’s insurance operations announced it has extended its partnership with S-RM, the London-based specialist risk and business intelligence consultancy, effective Jan. 1, 2017.S-RM becomes XL Catlin’s...
Dec 19 2016 // XL Catlin’s venture fund, XL Innovate, committed $4 million in first-round financing to Stonestep, a property/casualty insurtech startup looking to streamline how microinsurance is sold in emerging markets.The Series...
Dec 15 2016 // XL Catlin’s insurance operations announced it has enhanced the wording of its all-in-one solution for collectors, arts and jewelry professionals, called Mosaic.The Mosaic coverage, which is available in France,...
Dec 14 2016 // Preparing to capitalize on merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in 2017, XL Catlin continued to build out its global M&A insurance team with the appointments of Joseph W. Laws and Michael J. McGowan as directors...
Dec 9 2016 // XL Catlin’s reinsurance operations has announced two key leadership appointments for Bermuda and London, both effective January 2017.Jonathan (Jon) Gale, currently chief executive London Reinsurance, will take over...
Dec 2 2016 // XL Catlin’s insurance operations announced the launch of an Emergency Security and Disaster Evacuation (ESDE) solution for businesses with employees working internationally.This new solution, underwritten out of...