AXIS Capital Names Jim Rhyner to Lead Financial Lines, Programs and Canada
Jim Rhyner is named to lead AXIS Capital’s financial lines, programs, and Canadian business, reporting to Mike McKenna and based in Short Hills, New Jersey. He succeeds John Van Decker, retiring after 15 years. Rhyner joins from The Hartford, where he led global financial lines. The move supports AXIS’s North American growth, with first-quarter gross premiums up 11% and a combined ratio of 89.8%.