AXIS Re hires CNA Hardy Asia CEO Robert Hands as head of Australia
AXIS Re, the reinsurance business segment of Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings, has hired Robert Hands from CNA to lead its Australian business and further expand its efforts in the Asia Pacific market.
In his role as strategic account executive and head of Australia, Hands will be responsible for leading global client relationships for AXIS Re Strategic Partners in the country, as well as overseeing all client management activities. He will also work closely with AXIS Re’s Asia Pacific team, led by Les Loh.
Based in the company’s Singapore office, Hands will report directly to Ann Haugh, president Global Markets, AXIS Re.
Hands joins AXIS Re following three years as CEO and principal officer of CNA Hardy Asia, where he had management responsibility for all lines of business. Prior to that, he was at Newline Group for more than a decade, including nine years as CEO and Principal Officer of the company’s Asia operation and, previously, a financial lines underwriter. Hands began his career as a financial lines underwriter at Lloyd’s syndicate Talbot.
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