AXIS Re Welcomes Ann Haugh as President of Global Markets
Business Wire 15-Oct-2018 4:00 AM
Rob Smart appointed Head of Specialty Re
AXIS Re, the reinsurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings
Limited ("AXIS Capital") (NYSE:AXS), today announced the appointment of
Ann Haugh as President of its Global Markets division. In this role, Ms.
Haugh will oversee AXIS Re Strategic Partners, global Specialty Re
and AXIS Re's international business platform in the Lloyd's market. Ms.
Haugh will be a member of the Reinsurance Leadership Team and will
report to AXIS Re CEO Steve Arora. She will be based in London.
Ms. Haugh joins AXIS Re from the international insurance services firm
Thomas Miller, where she served as Group Chief Operating
Officer. Previously, she held a number of senior underwriting and
operations leadership positions at Aspen Insurance Group and Zurich
Insurance.
"We are excited to welcome Ann to AXIS. Her 25 years of insurance
experience spans underwriting, operations, strategy and P&L management.
This breadth and versatility of experience is a great addition to our
organization. Ann also demonstrates the strong cultural values of
execution and empathy that we are building at AXIS Re," said Mr. Arora.
AXIS Re also announced that Rob Smart, who currently serves as Interim
President Global Markets, has been appointed to the newly created role
of Head of Specialty Re, and will report to Ms. Haugh. The Specialty Re
unit, which is within AXIS Re's Global Markets division, was established
in May 2018 when AXIS announced a new organizational design for its
reinsurance segment as part of a commitment to strengthen market
leadership.
"I am confident that Rob will be successful in leading this very
important business for AXIS Re and delivering global product strategies.
We are appreciative of his energy and commitment in establishing the
Global Markets division during the interim period," said Mr. Arora.
About Ann Haugh
Ann Haugh joins AXIS Re from the international insurance services firm
Thomas Miller, where she was Group Chief Operating Officer and a member
of the Thomas Miller Holdings Board. Prior to Thomas Miller, Ms. Haugh
spent three years at Aspen Insurance Group, where she held a number of
senior underwriting and operations leadership positions, including
President, International Insurance; Global Chief Operating Officer and
Chief Underwriting Officer for the company's insurance operation; and a
member of the company's Group Executive Committee. Previously, she spent
six years at Zurich Insurance, where she was most recently worldwide
Group Chief of Staff, with earlier roles as CEO, Global Corporate UK,
and Global Chief Operating Officer for the company's Global Corporate
division. She was also Chief Underwriting Officer & Chief Operating
Officer, Executive Liability, for Arch Insurance. She began her career
as a Financial Lines Underwriter working at Zurich U.S. and Great
American Insurance Company, where she gained experience in underwriting
and operations, both in the U.S. and internationally.
About AXIS Capital
AXIS Capital, through its operating subsidiaries, is a global provider
of specialty lines insurance and treaty reinsurance with shareholders'
equity at June 30, 2018, of $5.3 billion and locations in Bermuda, the
United States, Europe, Singapore, Middle East, Canada and Latin America.
Its operating subsidiaries have been assigned a rating of "A+"
("Strong") by Standard & Poor's and "A+" ("Superior") by A.M. Best. For
more information about AXIS Capital, visit our website at www.axiscapital.com.
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About AXIS Re
AXIS Re – a business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited (NYSE:AXS)
– provides reinsurance to insurance companies on a worldwide basis,
comprising catastrophe, property, professional lines, credit and surety,
motor, general liability, engineering, marine, workers' compensation,
agriculture, and accident and health, as well as other highly
specialized risk-transfer solutions. For more information about AXIS Re,
please visit www.axiscapital.com/reinsurance.
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