AXIS hires Eric Seyfried to strengthen US cyber offering

AXIS Insurance has hired Eric Seyfried as head of cyber US open market.

Seyfried has been tasked with helping to design and implement the US strategy and direction for AXIS Insurance’s global cyber and technology business. He also oversees underwriting results for cyber, technology errors and omissions, media and miscellaneous professional liability products written in the US.

Seyfried has more than 20 years of industry experience and six years of experience in the legal sector. He spent the last six years at Aon Risk Services as managing director and east region leader and broker officer. Before that he was a senior vice president and national product champion of professional liability at Marsh & McLennan Companies. He began his career in insurance at National Insurance Company as senior claims counsel.

He is based in New York and reports to Dan Trueman, global head of cyber and technology for AXIS Insurance.

Trueman emphasised the importance of attracting “exceptional talent” in building up AXIS’ cyber offering. “We see many opportunities to develop our US products, and look forward to [Seyfried] leading our continued investment and growth in these exciting and relevant products in the important US market, alongside a talented team,” he said.