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Chanona joins XL Group as Senior Marine Underwriter in Mexico

Apr 25 2014 // A bulletin from XL Group notes: “As Mexico’s multinational companies continue to take a greater stake in the global market, protecting their assets across borders has become increasingly critical.”In...

ProHost, XL Group Partner on Restaurant Insurance Package

Apr 17 2014 // ProHost USA, a Minneapolis, Minn.-based national program administrator specializing in restaurant insurance for 25 years, announced it is partnering with XL Group to provide packaged insurance coverages for fine dining and...

XL Group Launches K&R Coverage with Crisis Management Advisory Services

Apr 8 2014 // XL Group has launched a kidnap, ransom & extortion (KRE) crisis policy that features a new agreement with risk consultancy, Terra Firma Risk Management LLP. Through the agreement, XL Group’s new KRE coverage is...

AXA Equitable to Pay New York DFS $20M Fine Over Annuity Changes

Mar 18 2014 // New York officials announced AXA Equitable will pay a $20 million fine to the state’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) for violating insurance law related to certain variable annuity products.DFS said its...

XL, American Specialty Insurance & Risk Partner for Sports, Entertainment Programs

Mar 12 2014 // XL Group’s North America Programs business and American Specialty Insurance & Risk Services, Inc., have formed a joint underwriting agreement to offer insurance programs for sports and entertainment...

AXA ART Appoints Kuklinski as New Global CEO

Mar 11 2014 // AXA ART announced the appointment of Kai Kuklinski as the new global CEO of the company’s operations, effective April 1, 2014, succeeding Dr. Ulrich Guntram. The appointment is subject to the approval of the German...

XL Group launches ‘Automotive Recall Plus’ in Germany, Austria, Switzerland

Mar 6 2014 // The global insurance segment of XL Group plc announced the launch of its new product – Automotive Recall Plus – which it described as an “innovative product designed for the automotive supplier industry. It...

XL Group Acquires Global Ag Insurance in Western U.S.

Feb 26 2014 // XL Reinsurance America Inc., a subsidiary of XL Group plc, has acquired Global Ag Insurance Services, a crop insurance provider based in the Western United States. The two companies initially partnered in 2011 to deliver...

XL Group’s Specialty Businesses Launch Luxury Lines Program for Private Clients

Feb 24 2014 // XL Group’s Specialty insurance businesses in North America have teamed up on a new luxury lines to extend their equine, aviation, yacht, fine art, and kidnap, ransom & extortioncoverages to protect high net worth...

AXA Looking for Cheap Deals in Emerging Market Push

Feb 24 2014 // French insurance group AXA is looking for more acquisitions in emerging markets, the company said after posting a 14 percent rise in full-year net income and lifting its dividend by 13 percent.Faced with low interest rates...

AXA Profit Rises 10% in 2013 on Life, Property and Casualty

Feb 21 2014 // AXA SA, Europe’s second-largest insurer, posted a 10 percent increase in 2013 profit on higher earnings at its life and savings and property and casualty divisions.Net income rose to €4.48 billion ($6.15 billion)...

XL Group Names Eaton and Cole to Senior Marine Team Positions

Feb 7 2014 // XL Group said it has “has strengthened its Marine team by appointing Jonathan Eaton as Chief Underwriting Officer, Global Cargo and Neil Cole as Global Business Manager, Marine.” Both Eaton and Cole are based...

XL Group Posts $300.8 Million Q4 Net Income; $1.1 Billion Full Year

Feb 6 2014 // XL Group announced a good fourth quarter and an excellent year from its Dublin headquarters.Highlights for the two accounting periods were listed as follows: • Operating net income of $286.9 million, or $1.00 per share,...

AXA ART, Trident Insurance Partner to Offer Specialty Fine Art Coverages

Jan 9 2014 // Fine art insurance specialist AXA Art Americas Corporation (AXA ART) has formed a strategic business partnership with Trident Insurance Services, LLC, a member of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd., an international...

Goodearl Joins XL from Liberty Mutual for Lloyd’s Business

Dec 11 2013 // The XL Group has appointed Lewis Goodearl as Chief Underwriting Officer UK P&C for its Lloyd’s business. He joins XL from Liberty Mutual Insurance where he was Vice President and Wholesale Manager, responsible...

XL Group, America Contractor’s Insurance Group Partner to Improve Contractor Quality

Nov 20 2013 // XL Group has partnered with the American Contractor’s Insurance Group (ACIG), construction industry owned insurance organization, to provide data and analytics for construction clients. The goal is to drive...

AXA Buys Stake in Insurance Business of Colombia’s Colpatria

Nov 11 2013 // Axa SA agreed to buy a controlling stake in Colombian insurer Colpatria Seguros for €259 million ($346 million) to expand its Latin American operations.The purchase of 51 percent of the business gives the Paris- based...

Gazançon Named AXA ART Chief Operations Officer

Nov 6 2013 // Global art insurance specialist AXA ART announced the appointment of Jean Gazançon as Chief Operations Officer. He has also been appointed as a member of the Executive Management Board of AXA ART Versicherung AG.Gazançon...

AXA ART Names Teixeira Country Manager for Brazil

Nov 5 2013 // AXA ART Americas Corporation announced the appointment of Roberto Emilio Teixeira as Country Manager for its Brazilian activities. He “will be responsible for all aspects of AXA Art’s operations in Brazil...

People – South Central

Nov 4 2013 // State Auto Insurance Companies President, Chairman and CEO Bob Restrepo has been elected chair of the board of governors of the 1,000-member Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI).Restrepo has previously...