SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  May 10, 2006 (May 4, 2006)

AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Bermuda

001-31721

98-0395986

(State or other jurisdiction

(Commission

(I.R.S. Employer

of incorporation)

File Number)

Identification No.)

 

 

 

106 Pitts Bay Road
Pembroke, Bermuda

HM 08

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 441-296-2600

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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Item 5.02                                             Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

                On May 4, 2006, AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, a Bermuda company (the “Company”), issued a press release announcing the selection of David B. Greenfield as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Greenfield will join the Company during the third quarter of 2006.  Mr. Greenfield, age 43, comes to the Company from KPMG LLP, where he began his career and worked for nearly 22 years, the last 10 years as a partner, serving the financial services industry.  Most recently, he served as Global Sector Chair for Insurance and as a member of KPMG’s Global Financial Services Leadership Team.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: May 10, 2006

AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard Gieryn

 

 

Richard Gieryn

 

 

Acting General Counsel

 

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