secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD (AXS)
CIK:        0001214816
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001214816-26-000067
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1214816/000121481626000067/0001214816-26-000067-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1214816/000121481626000067/axs-20260128.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001214816-26-000067

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