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SEGMENT INFORMATION | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
SEGMENT INFORMATION | AXIS Capital's underwriting operations are organized around its global underwriting platforms, AXIS Insurance and AXIS Re. The Company has determined that it has two reportable segments, insurance and reinsurance. The Company does not allocate its assets by segment, with the exception of goodwill and intangible assets, as it evaluates the underwriting results of each segment separately from the results of its investment portfolio. Insurance The Company's insurance segment offers specialty insurance products to a variety of niche markets on a worldwide basis. The product lines in this segment are property, marine, terrorism, aviation, credit and political risk, professional lines, liability, accident and health, together with discontinued lines - Novae, which represents lines of business that Novae exited or placed into run-off in the three month periods ended December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2017. Reinsurance The Company's reinsurance segment provides treaty reinsurance to insurance companies on a worldwide basis. The product lines in this segment are catastrophe, property, professional lines, credit and surety, motor, liability, agriculture, engineering, marine and other, accident and health, together with discontinued lines - Novae, which represents lines of business that Novae exited or placed into run-off in the three month periods ended December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2017. The reinsurance segment also wrote derivative based risk management products designed to address weather and commodity price risks until July 1, 2017. The following tables present the underwriting results of the Company's reportable segments, as well as the carrying amounts of allocated goodwill and intangible assets:
| At and year ended December 31, 2018 | Insurance |  | Reinsurance |  | Total |
| Gross premiums written | $ | 3,797,592 |  |  | $ | 3,112,473 |  |  | $ | 6,910,065 |  |
| Net premiums written | 2,324,747 |  |  | 2,334,215 |  |  | 4,658,962 |  |
| Net premiums earned | 2,362,606 |  |  | 2,428,889 |  |  | 4,791,495 |  |
| Other insurance related income | 3,460 |  |  | 7,162 |  |  | 10,622 |  |
| Net losses and loss expenses | (1,494,323 | ) |  | (1,695,964 | ) |  | (3,190,287 | ) |
| Acquisition costs | (399,193 | ) |  | (569,642 | ) |  | (968,835 | ) |
| General and administrative expenses | (395,252 | ) |  | (123,916 | ) |  | (519,168 | ) |
| Underwriting income | $ | 77,298 |  |  | $ | 46,529 |  |  | 123,827 |  |
| Corporate expenses |  |  |  |  | (108,221 | ) |
| Net investment income |  |  |  |  | 438,507 |  |
| Net investment losses |  |  |  |  | (150,218 | ) |
| Foreign exchange gains |  |  |  |  | 29,165 |  |
| Interest expense and financing costs |  |  |  |  | (67,432 | ) |
| Transaction and reorganization expenses |  |  |  |  | (66,940 | ) |
| Amortization of value of business acquired |  |  |  |  | (172,332 | ) |
| Amortization of intangible assets |  |  |  |  | (13,814 | ) |
| Income before income taxes and interest in income (loss) of equity method investments |  |  |  |  | $ | 12,542 |  |
| Net loss and loss expense ratio | 63.2 | % |  | 69.8 | % |  | 66.6 | % |
| Acquisition cost ratio | 16.9 | % |  | 23.5 | % |  | 20.2 | % |
| General and administrative expense ratio | 16.8 | % |  | 5.1 | % |  | 13.1 | % |
| Combined ratio | 96.9 | % |  | 98.4 | % |  | 99.9 | % |
| Total intangible assets | $ | 379,285 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 379,285 |  |
| At and year ended December 31, 2017 | Insurance |  | Reinsurance |  | Total |
| Gross premiums written | $ | 2,814,918 |  |  | $ | 2,741,355 |  |  | $ | 5,556,273 |  |
| Net premiums written | 1,775,825 |  |  | 2,251,318 |  |  | 4,027,143 |  |
| Net premiums earned | 1,816,438 |  |  | 2,332,322 |  |  | 4,148,760 |  |
| Other insurance related income (loss) | 2,944 |  |  | (4,184 | ) |  | (1,240 | ) |
| Net losses and loss expenses | (1,465,427 | ) |  | (1,822,345 | ) |  | (3,287,772 | ) |
| Acquisition costs | (270,229 | ) |  | (553,362 | ) |  | (823,591 | ) |
| General and administrative expenses | (325,368 | ) |  | (124,115 | ) |  | (449,483 | ) |
| Underwriting loss | $ | (241,642 | ) |  | $ | (171,684 | ) |  | (413,326 | ) |
| Corporate expenses |  |  |  |  | (129,945 | ) |
| Net investment income |  |  |  |  | 400,805 |  |
| Net investment gains |  |  |  |  | 28,226 |  |
| Foreign exchange losses |  |  |  |  | (134,737 | ) |
| Interest expense and financing costs |  |  |  |  | (54,811 | ) |
| Bargain purchase gain |  |  |  |  | 15,044 |  |
| Transaction and reorganization expenses |  |  |  |  | (26,718 | ) |
| Amortization of value of business acquired |  |  |  |  | (50,104 | ) |
| Amortization of intangible assets |  |  |  |  | (2,543 | ) |
| Loss before income taxes and interest in income (loss) of equity method investments |  |  |  |  | $ | (368,109 | ) |
| Net loss and loss expense ratio | 80.7 | % |  | 78.1 | % |  | 79.2 | % |
| Acquisition cost ratio | 14.9 | % |  | 23.7 | % |  | 19.9 | % |
| General and administrative expense ratio | 17.9 | % |  | 5.3 | % |  | 14.0 | % |
| Combined ratio | 113.5 | % |  | 107.1 | % |  | 113.1 | % |
| Total intangible assets | $ | 566,828 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 566,828 |  |
| At and year ended December 31, 2016 | Insurance |  | Reinsurance |  | Total |
| Gross premiums written | $ | 2,432,475 |  |  | $ | 2,537,733 |  |  | $ | 4,970,208 |  |
| Net premiums written | 1,519,559 |  |  | 2,233,415 |  |  | 3,752,974 |  |
| Net premiums earned | 1,534,282 |  |  | 2,171,343 |  |  | 3,705,625 |  |
| Other insurance related income | 89 |  |  | 7,133 |  |  | 7,222 |  |
| Net losses and loss expenses | (977,771 | ) |  | (1,226,426 | ) |  | (2,204,197 | ) |
| Acquisition costs | (206,619 | ) |  | (540,257 | ) |  | (746,876 | ) |
| General and administrative expenses | (327,351 | ) |  | (155,350 | ) |  | (482,701 | ) |
| Underwriting income | $ | 22,630 |  |  | $ | 256,443 |  |  | 279,073 |  |
| Corporate expenses |  |  |  |  | (120,016 | ) |
| Net investment income |  |  |  |  | 353,335 |  |
| Net investment losses |  |  |  |  | (60,525 | ) |
| Foreign exchange gains |  |  |  |  | 121,295 |  |
| Interest expense and financing costs |  |  |  |  | (51,360 | ) |
| Income before income taxes and interest in income (loss) of equity method investments |  |  |  |  | $ | 521,802 |  |
| Net loss and loss expense ratio | 63.7 | % |  | 56.5 | % |  | 59.5 | % |
| Acquisition cost ratio | 13.5 | % |  | 24.9 | % |  | 20.2 | % |
| General and administrative expense ratio | 21.3 | % |  | 7.1 | % |  | 16.2 | % |
| Combined ratio | 98.5 | % |  | 88.5 | % |  | 95.9 | % |
| Total intangible assets | $ | 85,049 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 85,049 |  |
The following table presents gross premiums written by the geographical location of the Company's subsidiaries:
| Year ended December 31, | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
| Bermuda | $ | 606,452 |  |  | $ | 529,425 |  |  | $ | 465,980 |  |
| Ireland | 1,805,882 |  |  | 1,569,956 |  |  | 1,650,229 |  |
| U.S. | 2,811,537 |  |  | 2,814,933 |  |  | 2,562,789 |  |
| Lloyd's of London | 1,686,194 |  |  | 641,959 |  |  | 291,210 |  |
| Total gross premium written | $ | 6,910,065 |  |  | $ | 5,556,273 |  |  | $ | 4,970,208 |  |
The following table presents net premiums earned by segment and line of business:
| Year ended December 31, | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
| Insurance |  |  |  |  |  |
| Property | $ | 796,945 |  |  | $ | 543,342 |  |  | $ | 426,918 |  |
| Marine | 300,944 |  |  | 181,533 |  |  | 150,046 |  |
| Terrorism | 49,150 |  |  | 36,084 |  |  | 33,279 |  |
| Aviation | 74,203 |  |  | 75,107 |  |  | 44,980 |  |
| Credit and political risk | 102,825 |  |  | 56,432 |  |  | 57,964 |  |
| Professional lines | 570,241 |  |  | 519,759 |  |  | 510,806 |  |
| Liability | 229,373 |  |  | 188,770 |  |  | 169,182 |  |
| Accident and health | 207,777 |  |  | 199,121 |  |  | 141,107 |  |
| Discontinued lines - Novae | 31,148 |  |  | 16,290 |  |  | — |  |
| Total Insurance | 2,362,606 |  |  | 1,816,438 |  |  | 1,534,282 |  |
| Reinsurance |  |  |  |  |  |
| Catastrophe | 250,016 |  |  | 209,470 |  |  | 199,825 |  |
| Property | 317,038 |  |  | 304,376 |  |  | 272,403 |  |
| Professional lines | 220,687 |  |  | 226,622 |  |  | 289,868 |  |
| Credit and surety | 250,276 |  |  | 244,186 |  |  | 252,210 |  |
| Motor | 438,693 |  |  | 371,501 |  |  | 318,863 |  |
| Liability | 363,292 |  |  | 351,940 |  |  | 332,479 |  |
| Agriculture | 176,435 |  |  | 195,391 |  |  | 142,501 |  |
| Engineering | 67,932 |  |  | 66,291 |  |  | 62,833 |  |
| Marine and other | 35,570 |  |  | 64,449 |  |  | 57,322 |  |
| Accident and health | 299,813 |  |  | 289,925 |  |  | 243,039 |  |
| Discontinued lines - Novae | 9,137 |  |  | 8,171 |  |  | — |  |
| Total Reinsurance | 2,428,889 |  |  | 2,332,322 |  |  | 2,171,343 |  |
| Total | $ | 4,791,495 |  |  | $ | 4,148,760 |  |  | $ | 3,705,625 |  |

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