---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-128468"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AXS"
cik: "0001214816"
company_name: "AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD"
filed_at: "2022-12-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T01:29:56.787142+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Axis Capital appoints Vincent Tizzio as future CEO; Albert Benchimol to retire in May 2023

## Summary
- Albert Benchimol to step down as President & CEO on May 4, 2023, after 10-year tenure; will serve as strategic advisor through Dec 31, 2023.
- Vincent Tizzio, currently CEO Specialty Insurance & Reinsurance, to succeed as President & CEO and join Board as Class III director.
- Tizzio joined AXIS in Jan 2022 as Senior Advisor; previously EVP at The Hartford and CEO of Navigators Management Company.
- Benchimol will receive vesting of unvested equity awards and other payments per employment agreement upon retirement conditions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-128468
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AXS
- cik: 0001214816
- company_name: AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
- filed_at: 2022-12-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1214816/000110465922128468/0001104659-22-128468-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1214816/000110465922128468/tm2233102d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-128468
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-128468.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-128468.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Albert Benchimol departed as Chief Executive Officer and President at AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD.
  - Action: leaving
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: Albert Benchimol, the Company’s current Chief Executive Officer and President, will be leaving the Company effective December 31, 2023 timed to the completion of his employment agreement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1214816/000110465922128468/0001104659-22-128468-index.htm
- Executive change
  Vincent Tizzio was appointed as Chief Executive Officer, President and Class III director at AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer, President and Class III director
  source text: the Board of Directors of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, a Bermuda company (the “Company”), appointed Vincent Tizzio to succeed Albert Benchimol as Chief Executive Officer, President and as a Class III director, effective as of the close of business on the date of the Company’s annual general meeting currently scheduled for May 4, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1214816/000110465922128468/0001104659-22-128468-index.htm

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