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UNAUDITED CONDENSED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (TABLES)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

UNAUDITED SUMMARY OF QUARTERLY FINANCIAL RESULTS [Table Text Block]

	Quarters ended	Mar 31				Jun 30				Sep 30				Dec 31
	2014
	Net premiums earned	$	945,949			$	1,000,400			$	966,138			$	958,517
	Net investment income	82,744				114,867				66,562				78,595
	Net realized investment gains	10,620				33,261				77,448				10,779
	Underwriting income	108,766				126,581				113,464				112,720
	Net income attributable to AXIS Capital	147,249				200,686				289,126				173,685
	Net income available to common shareholders	137,227				190,664				279,104				163,663
	Earnings per common share - basic	$	1.26			$	1.81			$	2.71			$	1.63
	Earnings per common share - diluted	$	1.24			$	1.79			$	2.68			$	1.60
	2013
	Net premiums earned	$	874,039			$	945,873			$	945,242			$	941,911
	Net investment income	108,908				83,112				103,429				113,863
	Net realized investment gains (losses)	44,478				16,235				(4,708		)		19,558
	Underwriting income	170,799				9,921				153,088				94,159
	Net income attributable to AXIS Capital	311,557				83,725				150,635				181,546
	Net income available to common shareholders	302,816				72,447				137,121				171,524
	Earnings per common share - basic	$	2.59			$	0.63			$	1.23			$	1.55
	Earnings per common share - diluted	$	2.55			$	0.62			$	1.21			$	1.52

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Tabular disclosure of the quarterly financial data in the annual financial statements. The disclosure includes financial information for each fiscal quarter for the current and previous year, including revenues, gross profit, income (loss) before extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle and earnings per share data.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 270

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