Headquarters:
Stamford
Year founded:
1986
Number of employees:
9,000
Phone:
610.968.2999
Email:
XXXXXXXXXXX
Website:
axaxl.com
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/axaxl
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Chris Bressette
Head of P&C Programs, Senior Vice President
AXA XL – Delegated Authority Programs, North America
David Brooks, CPCU, ARM
Chief Underwriting Officer
AXA XL - Programs and Delegated Authorities, Americas Region
W. Scott Yeomans
Business Development Officer, Senior Vice President
AXA XL – Delegated Authority Programs, North America
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Chris Bressette leads AXA XL’s North American Delegated Authority P&C Programs Unit. With 30+ years of delegated insurance programs experience, he has built an impressive track record in portfolio management, delegated authority underwriting management, PA partner relationship management, business development, deal execution, strategic planning, and team management. He has managed more than 115 programs during his career.
Chris is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Trinity College where he was a President’s Fellow. He holds an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin.
Head of P&C Programs, Senior Vice President
AXA XL – Delegated Authority Programs, North America
Chris Bressette
David Brooks has spent his entire career in insurance with sixteen years as an insurance broker and the past twenty-four years with AXA XL in underwriting, underwriting management, head of ceded re, and numerous Chief Risk Officer responsibilities across all AXA XL product lines and businesses.
His recent appointment includes leading the Americas Region program activities across all product lines. This includes setting strategy, direction and providing a heightened level of sophistication to our program partners.
David is a Magna Cum Laude BS graduate of Finance from the University of Southern California, and a MS graduate of Insurance and Risk Management from Florida State University.
Business Development Officer, Senior Vice President
AXA XL – Delegated Authority Programs, North America
David Brooks, CPCU, ARM
W. Scott Yeomans is senior vice president and business development officer of the AXA XL P&C programs, responsible for developing and managing long-term relationships with professional PAs and MGA/MGUs.
Prior to joining the programs unit in September 2006, Scott held increasingly senior underwriting and management positions with XL Reinsurance. He previously worked as a casualty facultative underwriter and as a commercial lines underwriter and subsequently as a product management analyst.
Scott holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics/Psychology from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He also holds an Associate in Risk Management designation.
Business Development Officer, Senior Vice President
AXA XL – Delegated Authority Programs, North America
W. Scott Yeomans
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Dr. Mary Lavoie
Head of Risk Management and Senior Vice President
AXA XL – Delegated Authority Programs, North America
Mary Lavoie is the head of risk management and compliance within AXA XL’s North America P&C programs. She joined AXA XL in 2002. Her (re)insurance experience includes property and casualty primary and treaty underwriting, encompassing national accounts, surplus lines, financial products, mass marketing, and professional segments.
In 2017, she earned a Doctor of Business Administration degree from Wilmington University in New Castle, Delaware. Her dissertation was titled “Retention of Property Casualty Insurance Employees”. She is an adjunct professor at Wilmington University and advises doctoral candidates. She is also a member of the Sigma Beta Delta National Honor Society.
Head of Risk Management and Senior Vice President
AXA XL – Delegated Authority Programs, North America
Dr. Mary Lavoie
Damian Palovick
Senior Vice President of Underwriting
AXA XL – Delegated Authority Programs, North America
Damian Palovick is a senior vice president of underwriting in the North American P&C Programs Unit. He is responsible for the profitable performance and growth of the property and specialty portfolios, strategic planning, and team management.
Damian has 30 years of industry experience in all lines of underwriting with three national carriers. He has spent most of his career in delegated authority program management and is skilled in portfolio and relationship management for large books of business. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Psychology from Swarthmore College, as well as a CPCU designation.
Senior Vice President of Underwriting
AXA XL – Delegated Authority Programs, North America
Damian Palovick
AXA XL’s North America Delegated Authorities and Programs unit specializes in customized insurance program solutions for market-leading program administrators. AXA XL seeks long-term partnerships with Program Administrator(s) who possess unique industry knowledge, specialized underwriting talent, a dedication to operational excellence, and a demonstrated track record of underwriting profitability.
AXA XL is proud to have one of the industry’s most experienced program teams. The team collaborates with Program Administrator partners to focus on program design and navigate the competitive landscape. AXA XL uses its financial strength and access to a vast array of resources, including actuarial insights, analytical data science capabilities, and knowledge and support of regulatory issues. Other advantages in working with AXA XL’s program team include a consistent approach to the partnership process and a long-term risk appetite; knowledgeable, technical underwriting support from an interdisciplinary team of experienced professionals; and a dedication to Program Administrator growth.
AXA XL’s program unit looks for national, regional, or state-specific opportunities that target a market niche providing specialized coverage or distribution. The unit considers all commercial casualty, property, professional and specialty insurance lines, as well as select casualty consumer/personal lines, on an admitted or non-admitted basis, and supports both bureau products and proprietary forms.
“Now, we have much more frequent recognition awards because we want to celebrate people staying at CAAT and recognize the contributions that they bring to the organization”
Julie Giraldi,
CAAT Pension Plan
Alex Ventura
Head of Marketing
Dave Longbottom
Chief Technology Officer
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Alex Ventura has a wealth of experience and passion for martech across the financial services sector – including B2B and B2C – with a focus on delivering exemplary omnichannel experiences. Alex is responsible for driving brands in the digital age with strategies that evoke a brand’s personality and corresponding values. Mapping customer journeys encompassing systematic and programmatic technologies has been key to his successful strategies.
Head of Marketing
Alex Ventura
With a superior understanding of web design and architecture, Dave Longbottom has been pivotal in orchestrating the development of new technologies, which are aligned with business objectives, and pioneering industry-leading solutions. Dave’s tenacity to push the status quo has led to the development of innovative solutions encompassing the latest emerging technological trends and cyber security frameworks.
Chief Technology Officer
Dave Longbottom
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation of the company’s internal customer service department.
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Alex Ventura
Head of Marketing
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Dave Longbottom
Chief Technology Officer
Alex Ventura has a wealth of experience and passion for martech across the financial services sector – including B2B and B2C – with a focus on delivering exemplary omnichannel experiences. Alex is responsible for driving brands in the digital age with strategies that evoke a brand’s personality and corresponding values. Mapping customer journeys encompassing systematic and programmatic technologies has been key to his successful strategies.
Head of Marketing
Alex Ventura
With a superior understanding of web design and architecture, Dave Longbottom has been pivotal in orchestrating the development of new technologies, which are aligned with business objectives, and pioneering industry-leading solutions. Dave’s tenacity to push the status quo has led to the development of innovative solutions encompassing the latest emerging technological trends and cyber security frameworks.
Chief Technology Officer
Dave Longbottom
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich
School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at
The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation of the company’s internal customer service department.
Associate Vice President, Leasing and
Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Sonia Ahuja
Chief Operating Officer
Sanjay Mehta
EVP and Chief Market Officer
John Laurie
Chief Partnership Officer
Anthony Dippolito
Chief Wellness Officer
Alex Ventura has a wealth of experience and passion for martech across the financial services sector – including B2B and B2C – with a focus on delivering exemplary omnichannel experiences. Alex is responsible for driving brands in the digital age with strategies that evoke a brand’s personality and corresponding values. Mapping customer journeys encompassing systematic and programmatic technologies has been key to his successful strategies.
Head of Marketing
Alex Ventura
With a superior understanding of web design and architecture, Dave Longbottom has been pivotal in orchestrating the development of new technologies, which are aligned with business objectives, and pioneering industry-leading solutions. Dave’s tenacity to push the status quo has led to the development of innovative solutions encompassing the latest emerging technological trends and cyber security frameworks.
Chief Technology Officer
Dave Longbottom
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the
Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years
of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation
of the company’s internal customer
service department.
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
AXA XL’s North America Delegated Authorities and Programs unit specializes in customized insurance program solutions for market-leading program administrators. AXA XL seeks long-term partnerships with Program Administrator(s) who possess unique industry knowledge, specialized underwriting talent, a dedication to operational excellence, and a demonstrated track record of underwriting profitability.
AXA XL is proud to have one of the industry’s most experienced program teams. The team collaborates with Program Administrator partners to focus on program design and navigate the competitive landscape. AXA XL uses its financial strength and access to a vast array of resources, including actuarial insights, analytical data science capabilities, and knowledge and support of regulatory issues. Other advantages in working with AXA XL’s program team include a consistent approach to the partnership process and a long-term risk appetite; knowledgeable, technical underwriting support from an interdisciplinary team of experienced professionals; and a dedication to Program Administrator growth.
AXA XL’s program unit looks for national, regional, or state-specific opportunities that target a market niche providing specialized coverage or distribution. The unit considers all commercial casualty, property, professional and specialty insurance lines, as well as select casualty consumer/personal lines, on an admitted or non-admitted basis, and supports both bureau products and proprietary forms.
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For informational purposes only
For informational purposes only