---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001214816-23-000101"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AXS"
cik: "0001214816"
company_name: "AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD"
filed_at: "2023-12-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T18:35:15.187836+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AXIS Capital appoints Stan Galanski to Board of Directors effective Jan 1, 2024

## Summary
- Galanski brings 40+ years P&C experience; former President & CEO of Navigators Group (grew premiums from $150M to $2B).
- Joins as Class III director and member of Risk Committee; board expands to 12 members, 11 independent.
- Son of Galanski employed by AXIS affiliate in non-executive role; year-to-date compensation of $423,699 disclosed under Item 404(a).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001214816-23-000101
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AXS
- cik: 0001214816
- company_name: AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
- filed_at: 2023-12-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1214816/000121481623000101/0001214816-23-000101-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1214816/000121481623000101/axs-20231201.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001214816-23-000101.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stanley Galanski was appointed as member of the Board of Directors at AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: member of the Board of Directors
  source text: On December 1, 2023, the Board of Directors of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of its Corporate Governance, Nominating and Social Responsibility Committee, appointed Stanley Galanski as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors effective January 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1214816/000121481623000101/0001214816-23-000101-index.htm

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