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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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AXIS Capital is a group of global insurer and reinsurer, providing clients and distribution partners with a broad range of specialized risk transfer products and services. We serve a host of industries and diverse coverage needs through our operating subsidiaries and branch offices in Bermuda, Australia, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Singapore and the United States. The company also service SE Asian countries such as Jakarta Indonesia, KL Malaysia and many more. We present you these tips to improve scores on a life insurance paramedical exam. Don't smoke "Somebody who has smoked their entire life for 50 years and then stops smoking for three months - they're considered a non-smoker," Dziuba says. Dziuba isn't telling that smokers lie on their applications and stop smoking a few months prior the test. Carriers take into account a history of smoking when the person is examined, but the lab results only test for nicotine currently in the system, he says. Fast Warning, don't eat overnight or at least two hours prior the exam. A last meal the preceding night must be healthy and well balanced. The applicant might likewise be informed not to drink anything up to four hours before the exam, although a little amount of water may be permitted. Dziuba instructs clients to plan exams for a weekday and not a Monday - a weekend of spoiling in fatty foods and alcohol can increase cholesterol levels on a Monday. Lose weight You must not attempt to lose weight hasty. That will typically get rid of water weight. However losing one to two pounds per week over a few months, or optimistically over a year, can relieve an applicant fall from being a standard risk to getting a favored rate - a 15% to 20% difference in premiums. Don't drink alcohol Keep away from alcohol for at least 12 and if possible 48 hours prior to the exam, since it can raise blood pressure and unfavorably disturb elements of the blood work. High blood pressure can be the alteration