Tom Steidinger
Executive Vice President, AXIS U.S. Property
 
Led by Tom Steidinger in Chicago, AXIS U.S. Property is a unit of AXIS Insurance specializing in customizing coverage for midsize accounts (First-Dollar 100% Written commercial property business). As Executive Vice President, he directs property underwriting strategy and has overall management responsibility for the unit's network of regional offices, which work with retail brokers across the United States. Tom was part of a team from Aon's Combined Specialty Group that established AXIS' U.S. insurance operations in November of 2002. Previously, he was Senior Vice President of Property Underwriting, serving as the Senior Property Officer for all CNA property underwriting on a global basis. Tom joined CNA in 2000 as Senior Vice President, Risk Management Property, following a 20-year career at Wausau Insurance, where he held a variety of property underwriting and managerial positions.
E-mail tom.steidinger@axiscapital.com or go to our Contact List.

Joseph Moylan
Senior Vice President, Northeast Region
 
Joseph Moylan has over 31 years of property insurance experience. He is a Senior Vice President of AXIS U.S. Property based in New York. In this position, he manages underwriters in New York City and Hartford, CT, who handle property business throughout the Northeast Region. Prior to joining AXIS Insurance in 2003, Joseph served in a similar capacity at Zurich-American Property. His previous work experience also includes 4 years at Travelers Insurance, 15 years at Zurich/Home Insurance Co. and 3 years at AIG’s American Home subsidiary. His first job was with William H. McGee in 1979.
E-mail joseph.moylan@axiscapital.com or go to our Contact List.

Lynn Underwood
Vice President, Property Engineering
 
Lynn Underwood has over 40 years of fire protection experience. Based in Chicago, he is responsible for developing, implementing and monitoring property engineering standards and services. Lynn also serves as an engineering resource for underwriters in all of AXIS' property insurance operations. He previously was Assistant Vice President of Engineering for CNA Risk Management Property. Prior to that, Lynn spent 25 years at Wausau HPR/Property Special Risk, where he held various field and home office engineering positions. He also worked four years with a fire sprinkler contractor and five years with the Tennessee Inspection Bureau (now ISO) as a field inspector and plan reviewer. Lynn has a long list of professional designations, including the NICET Level IV Certification in Automatic Sprinkler Systems Design. He also is a member of the national and local Society of Fire Protection Engineers and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). He serves on the NFPA's Technical Committees on Sprinkler System Installation and Ovens and Furnaces, and he is on the Technical Correlating Committee on Automatic Sprinklers.
E-mail lynn.underwood@axiscapital.com or go to our Contact List.

Jim Berringer
Senior Vice President, Midwest/Southeast Region
 
Jim Berringer is a Regional Vice President of AXIS U.S. Property based in Chicago. Jim has nearly 20 years of property insurance experience, and he manages underwriters in Chicago and Alpharetta, GA, who handle property business in the Midwestern and Southeastern regions of the country. Prior to joining AXIS Insurance, Jim served in a similar capacity at CNA Risk Management Property. His prior work experience also includes 3 years at Reliance Insurance and 11 years at AIG in their Commerce & Industry and American Home subsidiaries.
E-mail james.berringer@axiscapital.com or go to our Contact List.

John Montgomery
Senior Vice President, West/Southwest Region
 
John Montgomery has been in the property underwriting field for over 25 years. He is currently located in Los Angeles and serves as a Senior Vice President for AXIS U.S. Property, responsible for commercial property business in all Western and Southwestern states as far east as Louisiana. John manages underwriters in Dallas, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Previously, he was a Vice President at CNA Risk Management Property. John also previously was the Los Angeles Branch Manager of Property for Zurich North America's Corporate Customer unit, and he was the Chief Property Underwriter for LMG Property. John began his career with Wausau Insurance, starting as a trainee and advancing into senior underwriting and management roles.
E-mail john.montgomery@axiscapital.com or go to our Contact List.