---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-001302"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AXS"
cik: "0001214816"
company_name: "AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD"
filed_at: "2022-01-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T20:30:21.677320+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AXIS Insurance CEO Peter Wilson to depart Dec 31, 2022; Vincent Tizzio named successor

## Summary
- Peter Wilson will step down as AXIS Insurance CEO effective May 31, 2022, then serve in transitional role through Dec 31, 2022.
- Vincent Tizzio appointed Senior Advisor – Insurance Market Strategy effective Jan 5, 2022; to become CEO of AXIS Insurance on June 1, 2022.
- Wilson's contract non-renewal treated as termination without cause; he will receive continued vesting of unvested equity awards upon release.
- Tizzio previously EVP and Head of Global Specialty at The Hartford; also former President and CEO of Navigators Management Company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-001302
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AXS
- cik: 0001214816
- company_name: AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
- filed_at: 2022-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1214816/000110465922001302/0001104659-22-001302-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1214816/000110465922001302/tm221602d1_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-001302
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-001302.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-001302.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Peter Wilson departed as Chief Executive Officer of AXIS Insurance at AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD.
  - Action: will be leaving
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer of AXIS Insurance
  source text: Peter Wilson, Chief Executive Officer of AXIS Insurance, will be leaving the Company effective December 31, 2022 timed to the completion of his employment agreement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1214816/000110465922001302/0001104659-22-001302-index.htm
- Executive change
  Vincent Tizzio was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of AXIS Insurance at AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD.
  - Action: will succeed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer of AXIS Insurance
  source text: Vincent Tizzio will succeed Mr. Wilson as Chief Executive Officer of AXIS Insurance effective June 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1214816/000110465922001302/0001104659-22-001302-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.