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AXIS Capital Announces Management Transitions /Accident & Health Axis Capital Group Hartford Jakarta Indonesia Kansas Houston PEMBROKE, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AXIS Capital Holdings Limited ("AXIS Capital" or "the Company") (NYSE:AXS) announced today that John ("Jack") Gressier, currently the Chief Executive Officer of AXIS Insurance, will become AXIS Capital's new Chief Operating Officer effective April 1, 2014. Mr. Gressier will assume the responsibilities of retiring Chief Operating Officer Dennis Reding. In his new role, Mr. Gressier will oversee the Company's global insurance operations, including broker relationships and distribution management, reinsurance purchasing and corporate risk protection activities. In addition, he will also have responsibility for the Company's growing Accident & Health business, which provides accident, specialty health and travel-related insurance and reinsurance solutions on a worldwide basis. Mr. Gressier will continue to be based in London and report to Albert Benchimol, President and Chief Executive Officer of AXIS Capital. Mr. Reding, who has served as AXIS Capital's Chief Operating Officer since 2007, has been named Senior Advisor to the Company and will continue as a member of AXIS Capital's Executive Committee. Peter Wilson, currently President of U.S. Insurance at AXIS Insurance, will succeed Mr. Gressier as Chief Executive Officer of AXIS Insurance, with overall responsibility for the general management and business results of AXIS Capital's global property and casualty insurance operations. Mr. Wilson will continue to be based in New York and will report to Mr. Gressier. Commenting on the appointments, Albert Benchimol, President and CEO of AXIS Capital, remarked, "Having worked closely with Jack for several years, I have developed tremendous confidence in his management prowess, leadership skills and und

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