The AXIS Capital corporate objective is to create the leading diversified specialty insurance and reinsurance company in the world as measured by quality, sustainability and profitability.

We believe our strategy and achievements to date clearly differentiate us from incumbent insurers and reinsurers as well as other post-September 11th startups. We have a company with shareholders' equity of $5.4 billion, a dedicated team of over 700 people in more than a dozen global locations in Bermuda, the United States, Europe and Singapore.

We seek to maximize our management’s extensive expertise, experience and long-standing market relationships. This allows us to identify and lead underwrite attractively priced risks while delivering innovative insurance and reinsurance solutions to our customers.

Our corporate and underwriting structure is embedded with modern procedures and state of the art technologies. We believe our proprietary operating platform is not only unique but also a definitive competitive advantage.

AXIS is currently composed of two major global businesses:

Each operation has dedicated and highly experienced market leaders throughout all of our product lines. These teams are supported by excellent finance, operational, actuarial and claims staffs. We operate as a globally integrated underwriting machine.

A key feature of AXIS Capital is our highly disciplined and focused underwriting practices. We manage a diversified book of business both geographically and by product line. We seek to provide high quality products and services to our clients while maintaining profitability and generating consistently superior returns on equity throughout all phases of the cycle.

We have achieved an enormous amount since our incorporation in November 2001 (see Milestones). We firmly believe that we have created a truly transformational global insurance and reinsurance company, differentiated by our people, our focus, our operating procedures and our technologies. When you align these attributes with superior financial strength without any legacy exposures, you can understand why we think we are the company for the future.

Please find out more about our business and our people by visiting other areas of our website.

Yours sincerely,
John Charman
CEO and President