AXIS swoops for Aon talent to drive US cyber strategy and direction

AXIS Insurance, the specialty insurance business segment of Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings, has hired Eric Seyfried as head of cyber US open market.

Seyfried joins AXIS having spent the last six years at Aon Risk Services as managing director and East Region leader & broker officer. Prior to that, he was a senior vice president and national product champion of professional liability at Marsh & McLennan Companies. Seyfried began his career in insurance at National Insurance Company as senior claims counsel.

In his new role, Seyfried will help design and implement the US strategy and direction for AXIS Insurance’s global cyber and technology business while overseeing underwriting results for cyber, technology errors and omissions, media and miscellaneous professional liability products written by the business in the US. Seyfried will be based in New York, and will report to Dan Trueman, global head of cyber and technology for AXIS Insurance.

Trueman said: “AXIS has built a market-leading Cyber and Technology offering by attracting exceptional talent. Eric is well known as a strategic leader, bringing decades of experience in insurance. He has expertise in the complexities of cyber risks and is a trusted leader in both cyber security and threat protection. We see many opportunities to develop our U.S. products, and look forward to Eric leading our continued investment and growth in these exciting and relevant products in the important U.S. market alongside a talented team.”