AXIS Specialty Limited Announces Appointment of Richard H. Blum.Business Editors PEMBROKE, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2002 AXIS Specialty Limited announced today that effective February 1, 2002, Richard H. Blum will be joining the group as Vice Chairman of Axis Specialty U.S. Holdings, Inc. Mr. Blum, working with Robert J. Newhouse, Jr., Chairman, and John R. Charman, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , will be responsible for helping to establish the U.S. reinsurance The contract made between an insurance company and a third party to protect the insurance company from losses. The contract provides for the third party to pay for the loss sustained by the insurance company when the company makes a payment on the original contract. and insurance operations through a subsidiary of Axis Specialty Limited. Mr. Blum retired from Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. in 1999 where he had served as Chairman and CEO of Guy Carpenter Guy Carpenter was fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours played by Andrew Williams from 1991 to 1992. Family Tree
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