Axa XL names former CopperPoint exec Kathleen Ziegler COO Americas

Axa XL, the commercial insurance business of France’s Axa SA, Tuesday said former CopperPoint Insurance Cos. executive Kathleen Ziegler will succeed Jerome Itty as the company’s chief operating officer for its Americas insurance business.

Ms. Ziegler will oversee and manage day-to-day operations of Axa XL’s Americas insurance operations, including leading its workplace, middle office (underwriting operations), reporting and premium operations and underwriting governance teams, Axa XL said in a statement.

She was most recently senior vice president of operations at CopperPoint Insurance Cos., the statement said.

Ms. Ziegler will be based in Scottsdale, Arizona, and report to Lucy Pilko, Axa XL’s CEO, Americas.

Mr. Itty is leaving his assignment with Axa XL in July to take an Axa Group assignment in Europe, the statement said.