---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001214816-24-000083"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AXS"
cik: "0001214816"
company_name: "AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD"
filed_at: "2024-07-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T14:57:43.770182+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AXIS Capital Q2 net income $204M, operating EPS $2.93 record; combined ratio 90.4%

## Summary
- Net income available to common shareholders $204M ($2.40/diluted share) vs $143M ($1.67) Q2 2023.
- Operating income $250M ($2.93/diluted share) record; annualized operating ROACE 19.9%.
- Combined ratio improved 1.1 pts to 90.4%; specialty insurance 87.9%, reinsurance 89.3%.
- Book value per diluted share $59.29, up $2.16 (3.8%) from Q1 2024 and $8.31 (16.3%) YoY.
- Returned $176M to shareholders YTD: $100M share repurchases + $76M dividends.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001214816-24-000083
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AXS
- cik: 0001214816
- company_name: AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
- filed_at: 2024-07-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1214816/000121481624000083/0001214816-24-000083-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1214816/000121481624000083/axs-20240730.htm

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