AXIS Names Paccione Executive VP of Commercial Management Liability

Mark Paccione has been appointed as executive vice president of Commercial Management Solutions (CMS) at Bermuda-based specialty insurers AXIS Insurance. The CMS team specializes in commercial public and private directors and officers, employment practices, fiduciary liability and crime insurance products.

Paccione is based in New York and reports directly to John Van Decker, president, North American Professional Lines for AXIS.

Paccione has 25 years of experience in the insurance industry, most recently serving as senior vice president with AXIS, leading its northeast region for CMS over the past five years. Previously, Paccione worked for Everest Re, where he helped establish its commercial management liability group. Before that, he spent 18 years at Chubb.