Axa XL names global chief underwriting officer, specialty

Axa XL, a unit of France’s Axa SA, Thursday said Anne Marie Elder, currently global chief underwriting officer for marine, will take on the newly created role of global chief underwriting officer, specialty, effective April 1.

Ms. Elder will head Axa XL’s collective marine, aerospace and specialty niche portfolios within a newly created Global Specialty branch.

The branch will be part of Axa XL’s global chief underwriting office, which works with regional underwriting teams on underwriting, pricing, risk aggregation and global product strategy, the insurer and reinsurer said in a statement.

Based in Hartford, Connecticut, Ms. Elder will report to Libby Benet, global chief underwriting officer.