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Michael
E. Morrill
CEO & President, AXIS Re - U.S.
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| Michael E. Morrill has been Chief
Executive Officer and President of AXIS U.S. Reinsurance since August
2002. He is also a director and an Executive Vice President of our
subsidiaries, AXIS Specialty U.S. Holdings, Inc. and AXIS Specialty
U.S. Services, Inc., as well as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
and President of our subsidiary, AXIS Reinsurance Company, and an
Executive Vice President of our subsidiaries, AXIS Specialty Insurance
Company and AXIS Surplus Insurance Company. Mr. Morrill has over
20 years of experience in the insurance and reinsurance industry.
From 2001 to 2002, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer
of Gerling Global Reinsurance Corporation of America. From 1996 to
2001, he served as Chief Underwriting Officer for North America and
Senior Vice President at Transatlantic Reinsurance Company. Mr. Morrill
has also held senior management and underwriting positions at Munich
American Reinsurance Company, Cologne Reinsurance Company of America
and Christiania General Insurance Company. |
| E-mail
michael.morrill@axiscapital.com |
Kevin J. Markowski
Executive Vice President
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| Kevin Markowski has over 33 years
in the insurance/reinsurance industry, most recently with Benfield
as Senior Vice President and Manager of the New York office. Prior
to joining Benfield, Kevin was an Executive Vice President with
Carvill America from 1995 to 2003. In addition to his brokering
experience, Kevin has held Vice President positions with both Swiss
Re and Munich American Re in Marketing and Claims from 1980 to 1995.
He began his career with the Travelers Insurance Company in 1972
and also worked at the Hartford Insurance Group before joining Swiss
Re. Kevin is a graduate of Notre Dame. |
| E-mail kevin.markowksi@axiscapital.com |
Christopher
A. Donelan, CPCU, ARe
Executive Vice President, Professional Liability
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| Chris Donelan began his career in the
insurance/reinsurance industry in 1990. Prior to joining AXIS, Chris
held the position of Vice President, Manager of the Professional
Liability Division of Gerling Global Reinsurance Corporation of America.
His prior experience also includes ceded reinsurance with American
International Group, as well as a Senior Claims Examiner with Tokio
Re and Allstate Insurance Company. He also holds a MBA in Insurance
and Risk Management from St. John’s University and holds both the
CPCU and ARe designations. |
| E-mail christopher.donelan@axiscapital.com |
Michael
J. Fokken
Senior Vice President, Professional Liability
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| Michael Fokken has over 25 years
of experience in areas of underwriting, risk assessment, risk management
and consulting. Prior to joining Axis Michael was Assistant
Vice President, Special Casualty at Transatlantic Reinsurance, underwriting
treaty and facultative business. His prior experience also
includes Referral Underwriter at Swiss Re America for Contractor/Consultant
Professional Liability, Environmental Liability and Architects & Engineers
Liability. Prior to reinsurance, Michael worked in the
risk management area in commercial banking and engineering & environmental
consulting sectors. Michael has his B.A. from the University
of Iowa with Masters work at Iowa and Farleigh Dickenson University. |
| E-mail michael.fokken@axiscapital.com |
Halina
Herc, CPCU ARe
Senior Vice President, Casualty
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| Halina Herc has over 20 years of
experience in the reinsurance industry. Prior to joining AXIS, Halina
held the position of Vice President in the Standard Casualty department
of Converium. She also held the position of Treaty Vice President
at Partner Re and various underwriting positions at Everest Re. She
graduated from Seton Hall University with a BA in Accounting and
holds both the CPCU and ARe designations. |
| E-mail halina.herc@axiscapital.com |
Steven
W. Komis
Senior Vice President, Marine & Aviation
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| Steve Komis has over
26 years experience in the insurance/reinsurance industry. Prior
to joining
AXIS, Steve held the position of Vice President,
Manager of the Ocean Marine Division of Gerling Global Reinsurance
Corporation of America. He is a graduate of Nassau Community
College and has also taken various courses at the College of Insurance. |
| E-mail steven.komis@axiscapital.com |
James B.
Ruden
Senior Vice President, Property
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| Jim Ruden began his insurance/reinsurance career in
1980 as a multi-line underwriter with the Empire Mutual/Allcity Insurance
Group in New York City. Prior to joining AXIS Re – U.S., Jim
was Vice President and Global Underwriting Manager of the Direct
and Facultative Insurance/Reinsurance Division for Everest Re in
Bermuda. Before moving to Bermuda, he led the U.S. Facultative Property
Division for Everest Re as Vice President and National Underwriting
Manager. He also previously was Assistant Secretary and Facultative
Property Underwriter with Munich American Reinsurance Company in
New York, and Senior Property Underwriter with Royal Globe Insurance. |
| E-mail james.ruden@axiscapital.com |
Jeffrey M. Ryan
Senior Vice President, Surety
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| Jeff Ryan specializes in contract and commercial surety reinsurance business. Prior to joining AXIS Re, he served as Senior Vice President, Surety & Credit with ACE Tempest Re USA and was responsible for surety underwriting on a global basis. Jeff’s prior work experience also includes Transatlantic Reinsurance Company, where he was part of the Guaranty division and had primary responsibility for Trade Credit, Political Risk and Financial Guarantee underwriting in addition to managing a portfolio of surety clients. He began his career at Seaboard Surety Company in 1991. Jeff graduated from the E. Claiborne Robins School of Business at the University of Richmond with a BSBA in economics. |
| E-mail jeffrey.ryan@axiscapital.com |
Jonathan M. Colello, CPCU ARe
Vice President, Professional Liability
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| Jon began his career in the insurance industry in 1999 as a treaty underwriter with AXA Re in New York. Prior to joining AXIS, Jon served as an Assistant Secretary, Casualty Treaty Underwriter, at Odyssey America Reinsurance Corporation. Jon is a graduate of The University of Vermont, where he received a BS in Business Administration. He holds both the CPCU and ARe designations. |
| E-mail jon.colello@axiscapital.com |
Michael
Orlich
Vice President, Casualty
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| Michael Orlich began his career in the insurance/reinsurance
industry as a Program Underwriter in 1997. Prior to joining AXIS,
Michael was an Assistant Secretary in the General Casualty Underwriting
Department of Gerling Global Reinsurance Corporation of America.
He graduated from Iona College with a BA in Business Management. |
| E-mail michael.orlich@axiscapital.com |
David L. Smith, CPCU,
ARe
Vice President, Casualty |
| Dave has over 30 years experience in the reinsurance
industry after four and a half years of primary underwriting at General
Accident and Kemper. He began as a Casualty Facultative Underwriter
at Employers Reinsurance, moving in 1975 to Munich American Reinsurance
where he was Facultative Casualty Manager and New York Regional Manager.
In 1990, he moved into the Casualty Treaty Department and shortly
after the announced merger with American Reinsurance in mid-1996,
he became Acting Casualty Treaty Manager until the effective merger
in early 1997. He served as Vice President Treaty Underwriter following
the merger until leaving American Re in August 2002. He subsequently
did underwriting review work and other reinsurance consulting activities
until January 2006, when he joined AXIS Re’s General Casualty unit. |
| E-mail david.smith@axiscapital.com |
Ljuba Toupal, CPCU,
ARe
Assistant Vice President, Multiline |
| Ljuba has over 20 years experience in the reinsurance industry. Prior to joining AXIS Re, she worked for Swiss Re in Zurich, Switzerland, and Swiss Re UK in their London Underwriting Center as a Senior Underwriter, Member of Management - Global & International Department. Prior to moving to Europe in 2000, she worked as a referral underwriter at Swiss Re Armonk. Her previous experience also includes positions of Manager of Property Facultative department at Great Lakes Re of Munich Re Group in New York, and with Allianz Re New York prior to that. She holds a MBA in Insurance and Risk Management from St. John’s University, and both the CPCU and ARe professional designations.
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| E-mail ljuba.toupal@axiscapital.com |
Nicholas
M. Leccese
Senior Vice
President & Actuary
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| Nick Leccese has 25 years experience in the insurance/reinsurance industry as an actuary. Prior to joining AXIS, Nick was a Vice President in the Actuarial Department of Gerling Global Reinsurance Corporation of America. His prior experience included pricing primary insurance at Reliance National and Insurance Services Office. Nick became a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society in 1993 and has a BA in Mathematics from Queens College. |
| E-mail nicholas.leccese@axiscapital.com |
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