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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001214816-26-000067"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AXS"
cik: "0001214816"
company_name: "AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD"
filed_at: "2026-01-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T06:54:38.679452+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AXIS Capital Q4 net income $282M ($3.67 EPS); FY operating ROACE 18.1% and combined ratio 89.8%

## Summary
- Q4 net income available to common $282M ($3.67 diluted EPS); operating income $250M ($3.25 per share).
- Q4 combined ratio 90.4%; underwriting income up 42% YoY to $184M.
- Full year 2025: net income $979M ($12.35 EPS); operating income $1.0B ($12.92 per share).
- Book value per diluted share $77.20, up 4.6% from Q3 and 18.3% YoY.
- Record gross premiums written $9.6B, up 7% YoY; total capital returned $1.0B includes $888M buybacks.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001214816-26-000067
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AXS
- cik: 0001214816
- company_name: AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
- filed_at: 2026-01-28T23:59:59+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/1214816/000121481626000067/0001214816-26-000067-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1214816/000121481626000067/axs-20260128.htm

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