AXIS hires senior underwriters to build E&S property book

AXIS Insurance, the specialty insurance business segment of  AXIS Capital Holdings, has bolstered its US excess and surplus (E&S) property team with the hiring of two senior underwriters.

Chelsea McIntyre and Nicholas Crowder (pictured) join as vice presidents and will develop and build AXIS’ E&S property book in the West Coast and Chicago regions, respectively.

McIntyre brings nearly a decade of insurance experience, joining from Westchester where she was an assistant vice president. She previously held underwriting roles at Golden Bear Insurance, Allied World and Ironshore. She is based in San Francisco and will report to Michael Worman, senior vice president E&S property.

Crowder joins AXIS from AmRisc, where he was assistant vice president. Prior to that, he worked at Zurich and Allianz Global. Crowder has almost a decade of E&S property experience and five years of technical risk experience. He is based in Chicago and will report to Joe Pisoni, senior vice president of E&S property.

Michael Carr, head of E&S property at AXIS Insurance, said: “Chelsea and Nicholas each bring proven technical underwriting skills and an established ability to cultivate mutually beneficial broker relationships. We are delighted to welcome them to the team and believe they will be strong contributors as we continue to grow our E&S business.”

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