AXIS Insurance Hires EVP

AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd.’s insurance segment named John Van Decker EVP and head of North American professional lines.

AXIS says that, in this newly created position, Van Decker is responsible for the oversight of professional lines underwriting units in the United States and Bermuda. He is based in Berkeley Heights, N.J., and reports to Jack Kuhn, chief underwriting officer of AXIS Insurance and global practice leader, AXIS Professional Lines.

Van Decker joins AXIS from Catlin U.S., where he developed and led various professional liability and management liability lines, says AXIS. Prior to joining Catlin in 2006, he served as president of the Professional Liability Division of Quanta U.S. Holdings Inc., responsible for a broad array of management and professional liability insurance product lines. He previously held management and underwriting positions at CNA Pro and AIG’s National Union subsidiary.