Latest AXA XL Headlines

All the headlines from our AXA XL Topic Page, ordered by recency.

XL Catlin Expands Equipment Breakdown Insurance Team

Nov 13 2015 // XL Catlin’s North America Property business has expanded its North America underwriting team responsible for its monoline equipment breakdown insurance.XL Catlin’s Equipment Breakdown team’s new...

AXA to Buy Charter Ping An in Philippines, Eyeing P&C Growth Opportunities

Nov 9 2015 // AXA Philippines announced it will acquire 100 percent of Charter Ping An Insurance Corp. from GT Capital for 45 million euros ($48.3 million).The acquisition will enable AXA Philippines to offer property & casualty...

XL Catlin Appoints Murias Senior Aviation Underwriter for Brazil

Oct 30 2015 // XL Catlin announced that it has strengthened its Aviation insurance capabilities in Brazil with the appointment of senior underwriter, Daniela Murias, based in Sao Paulo.She has over 15 years’ experience in the...

Economics of Climate Change, Climate Fiction and Climate Control

Oct 29 2015 // With fresh news out on the global economic cost of climate change, an enticing climate fiction contest and a sweet victory for this column, it would take until Christmas to individually cover it all in a bimonthly space.So...

Peretti Joins XL Catlin as Head of Broker, Client Management in Americas

Oct 16 2015 // Robert Peretti will join XL Catlin’s Insurance operation as senior vice president, head of Broker and Client Management in the Americas. In his new role, Peretti leads a team of regional executives and customer...

XL Catlin Bermuda Creates New Prof. Lines D&O Excess Side A ‘DIC’ Policy

Oct 15 2015 // XL Catlin’s Professional Lines Insurance Operations in Bermuda announced the launch of a new Directors & Officers lead excess ‘Side A’ Difference In Conditions (DIC) policy, “to address various...

XL Innovate, XL Group’s Venture Capital Company, Acquires New Energy Risk

Oct 2 2015 // Dublin-based XL Group plc announced that XL Innovate*, the venture capital fund sponsored by the company, has acquired all of the shares of New Energy Risk Inc.“New Energy Risk has developed and delivered to the...

XL Catlin Strengthens London Product Recall Underwriting Team

Sep 29 2015 // XL Catlin announced it has strengthened its London-based Product Recall team with the appointment of Natalie Lilley and the transfer of Ian Davidson.Natalie Lilley joins XL Catlin from Canopius where she has held the...

XL Catlin Specialty Names Product Line Leaders for Americas

Sep 16 2015 // XL Catlin’s Specialty Insurance division has appointed leaders for its regional insurance products in its newly-created Americas region.The company named product leaders for accident and health, aviation, crisis...

XL Catlin Strengthens Team in Mexico with 3 Senior Appointments

Sep 15 2015 // XL Catlin announced it is further strengthening its insurance operation in Mexico with the following three appointments: Juan Pablo Caso as client distribution leader, responsible for supporting strategic clients Francisco...

XL Catlin Introduces Commercial Crime Insurance Policy

Sep 11 2015 // To help businesses recover from the financial repercussions of corporate crime, XL Catlin’s Global Crime business has introduced a new commercial crime insurance policy in the US.According to Greg Bangs, chief...

XL Catlin Forms New Leadership Team for Germany

Sep 9 2015 // XL Catlin has announced a new insurance leadership team for Germany. The integration process is now well underway across XL Catlin, with the company maintaining a strong focus on bringing together and retaining its top...

XL Catlin Realigns U.S. Excess/Surplus Team, Names 3 Regional VPs

Sep 3 2015 // XL Catlin’s Excess & Surplus (E&S) Casualty business has unveiled a new geographically-focused structure and named three new regional leaders. Coy Rudd is appointed East regional vice president in New York;...

AXA Enters Exclusive Negotiations to Sell Portuguese Operations

Aug 7 2015 // AXA announced it has entered exclusive negotiations with Ageas for the potential sale of AXA’s Portuguese operations.These operations include AXA’s entire stake in AXA Portugal Companhia de Seguros SA (P&C...

AXA’s First-Half 2015 Profits up 2.3% on U.S., French Life Insurance Gains

Aug 4 2015 // French insurer AXA SA said first-half profit rose 2.3 percent, helped by higher life-insurance earnings in the U.S. and France.Net income at France’s biggest insurer climbed to €3.08 billion ($3.37 billion) from...

XL Group Posts Q2, 1st HY Earnings; Boosted by Catlin Acquisition

Aug 4 2015 // XL Group’s second quarter report showed a net decrease in operating income to $245.8, compared to $279.6 million in Q2 2014. For the first half of 2015 XL reported operating earnings of $440 million, down from $518...

XL Catlin Hires Bull as Client Distribution Leader for Northeast Region

Jul 22 2015 // XL Catlin hired Kevin Bull as Northeast region client distribution leader for its Distribution & Network team in New York. He will report to June Dwyer, senior vice president, Northeast regional leader. In his new...

AXA Enters Exclusive Negotiations to Buy Genworth Lifestyle Protection Insurance

Jul 22 2015 // Paris-based AXA has entered into exclusive negotiation with Genworth Financial to acquire 100 percent of Genworth Lifestyle Protection Insurance (Genworth LPI), for a total cash consideration of 475 million euros.Genworth...

XL Catlin, Financial Risk Services to Offer Coverage for HVAC Contractors

Jul 8 2015 // XL Catlin and Financial Risk Solutions, Inc. have entered an exclusive underwriting agreement to offer Chill-Pro contractual liability insurance coverage for heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) contractors in...

XL Catlin Appoints Plessis as Head of Emerging Markets

Jul 2 2015 // XL Catlin announced the appointment of Brendan Plessis to the newly created role of head of emerging markets. In this new position, Plessis will lead the development of emerging market strategies, partnering with business...