AXIS boosts professional lines unit in Bermuda with XL hire

AXIS Insurance, the specialty insurance business segment of AXIS Capital, has boosted its professional lines unit in Bermuda with a new hire.

Angus Lynn joins as vice president, professional lines underwriter in its Bermuda office. Lynn will focus on commercial and financial institutions professional lines as well as lawyers errors and omissions underwriting in the Bermuda market.

Lynn joins AXIS Insurance from XL Bermuda, where he was a senior claims specialist focusing on negligence and general liability claims. He previously spent seven years underwriting professional lines as an assistant vice president at Endurance Specialty Insurance.

He began his career in insurance as a senior claims analyst for professional lines at Allied World Assurance Company.

“Angus brings broad experience of the Bermuda professional lines market, along with extensive underwriting expertise of this class of business,” said Hillary Williams, executive vice president and head of professional liability – Bermuda, for AXIS Insurance. “His insights into the evolving professional liability risk needs and business operating environment will enable us to deliver better and more informed solutions for our clients.”