<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001214816-15-000024.txt : 20150713
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20150713165249
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001214816-15-000024
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150713
ITEM INFORMATION:		Results of Operations and Financial Condition
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150713
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150713

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001214816
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31721
		FILM NUMBER:		15985867

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		92 PITTS BAY ROAD
		CITY:			PEMBROKE
		STATE:			D0
		ZIP:			HM 08
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(441) 496-2600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		92 PITTS BAY ROAD
		CITY:			PEMBROKE
		STATE:			D0
		ZIP:			HM 08
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Employer</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Identification No.)</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">92 Pitts Bay Road</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Pembroke, Bermuda HM 08</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">(441) 496-2600</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font 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style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:98.6328125%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td width="14%"></td><td width="86%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Item&#160;2.02</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Results of Operations and Financial Condition.</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;padding-top:6px;text-indent:32px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">On July 13, 2015, AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, a Bermuda company, issued a press release providing information on expected second quarter 2015 results. 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<a name="s45f8e7300dac4ccd879e4f028f43dbc7"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;"><img src="axislogoq22015.jpg" style="height:90px;width:145px;"></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td width="55%"></td><td width="45%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#003366;font-weight:bold;">Investor Contact</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#003366;font-weight:bold;">Media Contact</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Linda Ventresca</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Michael Herley</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">AXIS Capital Holdings Limited</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Kekst and Company</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">investorrelations@axiscapital.com</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">michael-herley@kekst.com</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">(441) 405-2727</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">(212) 521-4897</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">AXIS Capital Provides Information on Expected Second Quarter 2015 Results</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#003366;font-weight:bold;">Pembroke, Bermuda, July 13, 2015 </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#003366;">- </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">AXIS Capital Holdings Limited (&#8220;AXIS Capital&#8221;) (NYSE: AXS) today announced preliminary information on its expected results for the second quarter of 2015, which are as follows:</font></div><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:33px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:174%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:2px;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Second quarter operating income</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:6pt">1 </sup></font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">between $91 million and $97 million. The quarterly results were impacted by:</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:81px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:174%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:50px;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">&#9702;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Catastrophe and weather-related pre-tax net losses of approximately $39 million, primarily related to weather loss events in the U.S.A. and Australia</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:81px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:174%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:50px;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">&#9702;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Large losses in our insurance marine business which contributed approximately $40 million in pre-tax net losses.  These losses were approximately $33 million above our historical annual average for this line of business, and related to energy offshore events which are expected to result in insured industry losses in excess of $1.5 billion. Notwithstanding the volatility inherent in this line of business, the marine line has delivered a combined ratio below 80% over the past five years and is one of our most profitable lines</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:81px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:174%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:50px;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">&#9702;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Continued favorable prior year loss reserve development of $65 million </font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:33px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:174%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:2px;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Second quarter operating income per diluted common share between $0.90 and $0.96 per common share</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; 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A reconciliation of operating income to net income available to common shareholders (the nearest GAAP financial measure) and a reconciliation of the diluted tangible book value per common share to the diluted book value per common share (the nearest GAAP financial measure) are provided in this release, as is a discussion of the rationale for the presentation of these items.</font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:7.5pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:7.5pt;">AXIS Capital Holdings Limited  92 Pitts Bay Road  Pembroke, Bermuda  HM08</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:7.5pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:7.5pt;">Tel. 441.496.2600  Fax 441.405.2600 </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:7.5pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:7.5pt;color:#3333ff;text-decoration:underline;">www.axiscapital.com</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:7.5pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:7.5pt;">- </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:7.5pt;">1</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:7.5pt;">&#32;-</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s90443c23d60042c6935388a8d8e32a37"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Conference Call</font></div><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Albert Benchimol, President and CEO, and Joseph C. 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Forward-looking statements contained in this release include our expectations regarding market conditions and information regarding our estimates of losses related to natural disasters.  These statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions.  Actual events or results may differ materially from our expectations.  Important factors that could cause actual events or results to be materially different from our expectations include (1) the occurrence and magnitude of natural and man-made disasters, (2) actual claims exceeding our loss reserves, (3) general economic, capital, and credit market conditions, (4) the failure of any of the loss limitation methods we employ, (5) the effects of emerging claims, coverage and regulatory issues, including uncertainty related to coverage definitions, limits, terms and conditions, (6) the failure of our cedants to adequately evaluate risks, (7) inability to obtain additional capital on favorable terms, or at all, (8) the loss of one or more key executives, (9) a decline in our ratings with rating agencies, (10) the loss of business provided to us by our major brokers, (11) changes in accounting policies or practices, (12) the use of industry catastrophe models and changes to these models, (13) changes in governmental regulations, (14) increased competition, (15) changes in the political environment of certain countries in which we operate or underwrite business, (16) fluctuations in interest rates, credit spreads, equity prices and/or currency values, (17) the failure to complete our amalgamation with PartnerRe Ltd., and (18) the other factors set forth in our most recent report on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and other documents on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  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We also present diluted operating earnings per share and operating return on average common equity ("operating ROACE"), which are derived from the non-GAAP operating income measure.  Reconciliations of operating income and diluted operating earnings per share to the nearest GAAP financial measures (based on net income available to common shareholders) are included above.</font></div><div style="line-height:232%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:232%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Tangible book value is defined as common shareholders' equity excluding goodwill and intangible assets.  Diluted tangible book value per common share uses this measure as the numerator, with the denominator being outstanding diluted common shares calculated under the treasury stock method.  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Furthermore, many users believe that the timing of the realization of investment gains (or losses) is somewhat opportunistic for many companies.  </font></div><div style="line-height:232%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:232%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Foreign exchange (losses) gains in our Consolidated Statements of Operations are primarily driven by the impact of foreign exchange rate movements on net insurance-related liabilities.  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In addition, we recognize unrealized foreign exchange (losses) gains on our available-for-sale investments in other comprehensive income and foreign exchange (losses) gains realized upon the sale of these investments in net realized investment (losses) gains.  These unrealized and realized foreign exchange movements generally offset a large portion of the foreign exchange (losses) gains reported separately in earnings, thereby minimizing the impact of foreign exchange rate movements on total shareholders&#8217; equity.  As such, the Consolidated Statements of Operations foreign exchange (losses) gains in isolation are not a fair representation of the performance of our business.</font></div><div style="line-height:232%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:232%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">In this regard, certain users of our financial statements evaluate earnings excluding after-tax net realized investment gains (losses) and foreign exchange (losses) gains and losses. We believe that showing net income available to common shareholders exclusive of net realized gains (losses) and foreign exchange (losses) gains reflects the underlying fundamentals of our business.  In addition, we believe that this presentation enables investors and other users of our financial information to analyze performance in a manner similar to how our management analyzes the underlying business performance.  We also believe this measure follows industry practice and, therefore, facilitates comparison of our performance with our peer group.  We believe that equity analysts and certain rating agencies that follow us, and the insurance industry as a whole, generally exclude these items from their analysis for the same reasons.</font></div><div style="line-height:232%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:232%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;">Diluted Tangible Book Value per Common Share</font></div><div style="line-height:232%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:232%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Diluted tangible book value per common share removes certain effects of purchase accounting.  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