Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

• Charman to Retire as Axis CEO; CFO Promoted to Top Post

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 13, 2011

  Industry veteran John R. Charman will retire as chief executive officer and president after a decade at the helm of specialty-lines insurance provider AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. The company’s chief financial officer will take the role.

• 1Q Cat Estimates Roll In; Moody’s Puts Flagstone Under Review

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 25, 2011

  Several Bermuda companies have reported loss estimates from first-quarter catastrophes, but all of the companies excluded the March 11 magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Japan, stating that it is too early to give an estimate.

• Everest Re, Flagstone Re Profit Down; AXIS Returns To The Black

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 2, 2010

  Net income was down for two reinsurers reporting 2010 third-quarter results, while profit for a specialty lines insurance and treaty reinsurance company returned to the black.

• AXIS CFO Greenfield To Leave In Nov.

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 27, 2010

  AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. said David Greenfield, its chief financial officer, will resign.

• Insurers Understand Risk Better Than Banks, WIF Told

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 16, 2010

  The recession of 2008 has demonstrated that insurers understand their risks better than banks, an insurance executive advised at an industry conference.