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XL Group Posts $135.6 Million Q3 Net Income

Oct 31 2013 // The XL Group announced net income and operating net income of $135.6 million and $154.6 million, respectively, compared to net income and operating net income of $171.9 million and $188.0 million, respectively, in Q3...

AIG Hires XL Group’s Maag as CEO of Europe, Middle East

Oct 25 2013 // American International Group Inc. hired Seraina Maag from XL Group Plc to run the Europe, Middle East and Africa region as Chief Executive Officer Robert Benmosche reshapes the insurer’s leadership.Maag, 45, will be...

XL Group’s Insurance Operations Grow in Dallas

Oct 17 2013 // XL Group announced an expansion of its insurance operations in Dallas.The company’s U.S. Risk Management business is setting up operations in Dallas and welcoming Gabriel Martinez as casualty underwriting director....

AXA Sells $474 Million in Cat Bonds against Europe Storm Damage

Oct 16 2013 // AXA SA said it sold catastrophe bonds designed to protect insurers from payouts on storm damage, in the biggest transaction of the notes in euros.Europe’s second-largest insurer by market value issued €350 million...

AXA ART Joins Brazil’s SulAmérica to Offer Art Insurance

Oct 8 2013 // AXA ART announced that it has “joined forces with Brazil’s largest independent insurer, SulAmérica, to offer art insurance products and related services to insure the collections of a growing Brazilian art...

XL Group Assembles Crisis Management Team in U.S.

Sep 4 2013 // XL Group has added a crisis management team to provide corporate clients in the U.S. with product recall, war, terrorism and political violence, kidnap, ransom, and extortion insurance. Led by Denise Balan in New York, the...

XL Names McConico a Manager in California; Promotes Schlageter in West

Aug 1 2013 // XL Group named Mark McConico as vice president and underwriting manager for XL’s U.S. risk management group in Los Angeles. XL Group also promoted Theresa Schlageter to senior vice president and regional manager of...

AXA UK Report Targets ‘Whiplash’ Injuries; Urges Reform

Jul 17 2013 // AXA UK’s Whiplash Report, launched at a roundtable co-hosted by the Rt. Hon Jack Straw, MP for Blackburn and Chris Voller, AXA Claims Director and the report’s author, urges changes in the treatment of whiplash...

XL Group Names Regional VP for Marine in New York

Jun 25 2013 // XL Group appointed John Ellis as a regional vice president for its North America Marine business in New York. In his new role, Ellis will be responsible for managing and building XL Group’s Marine Cargo, Primary and...

XL Group Expands Insurance Team in Barcelona

Jun 11 2013 // XL Group’s Iberia and Latin America insurance operation has announced the appointment of Ivan Torrecilla as Client & Distribution Leader of the Catalonia region. In addition to his responsibilities as...

XL Group Launches New Online Platform ‘Fast Fast Forward’ for Risks

Jun 10 2013 // XL Group announced the launch of “Fast Fast Forward,” which it described as a “new online platform for commentary, news and tools to advance discussion of risk and business challenges. Fast Fast...

Strong to Head XL’s New Global Programs Center of Excellence

May 30 2013 // XL Group announced the creation of a new Global Programs Center of Excellence and welcomed Kevin Strong as its Global Programs Manager. He will lead a team comprised of professionals from Asia, Europe and North America,...

XL Promotes Sinz to Regional Manager Cont. Europe – Distribution/Network

May 28 2013 // The XL Group announced that it has promoted Kadidja Sinz to the role of Regional Manager Continental Europe in the Insurance segment’s Distribution and Network function. She will also continue as Country Manager for...

Daucourt Joins XL Group as COO Int’l. Property/ Casualty

May 22 2013 // XL Group announced the appointment of Thierry Daucourt as Chief Operating Officer of its International P&C Insurance business. He will be responsible for supporting the unit’s Chief Executive, Jason Harris, in...

XL Group Launches New Motor Cargo Truck Coverage

May 21 2013 // XL Group has added to its inland marine business with customizable coverage for mid-to-large size trucking operations in North America.Motor truck cargo coverage solutions includes flexible limits on 23 additional...

XL Group to Offer Shariah Complaint Insurance Coverage

May 8 2013 // XL Group has launched Shariah compliant insurance cover for large corporate and middle market clients. Initially it will focus on property cover, with a maximum capacity of up to $300 million. The coveragevfinacntargets...

XL Group Expands Political Risk Team in New York

May 8 2013 // XL Group added two new members to its Political Risk and Trade Credit (PRTC) business.XL appointed Mena Cammett as senior risk analyst and Dane Mahoney as risk analyst. Both are based in New York and report to Rafael...

XL Group Reports $350.8 Million Q1 Net Income; P&C Combined Ratio 87.7%

May 3 2013 // CEO Mike McGavick seemed quite pleased with XL’s results for, the first quarter of 2013. “XL once again delivered solid results — the kind of results we seek to routinely produce,” he wrote in the...

AXA to Buy 50% of China P&C Insurer Tian Ping for $631 Million

Apr 26 2013 // France’s AXA Group announced that it has entered into an agreement with Tian Ping Auto Insurance Company Limited shareholders to acquire 50 percent of the company.Under the terms of the agreement, and subject to...

XL Group Appoints Head of Global Claims in Connecticut

Apr 17 2013 // XL Group has hired Andrew Pinkes for the company’s insurance operations as executive vice president, global head of claims. He steps into the position previously held by Paul Tuhy, who has been appointed to XL...