LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Convicted felon Richard Hatch, the winner of the first U.S. For more informationabout AXIS Capital, visit our website at Investor:AXIS Capital Holdings LimitedLinda Ventresca, orMedia:Kekst and CompanyJoseph Kuo, Copyright Business Wire 2009. AXIS Capitalhas been assigned a senior unsecured debt rating of A- (stable) by Standard &Poor`s and Baa1 (stable) by Moody`s Investors Service. Its operating subsidiaries have been assigned a rating of "A+"("Strong") by Standard & Poor`s and "A" ("Excellent") by A.M Best. AXIS Capital is a Bermuda-based global provider of specialty lines insurance andtreaty reinsurance with shareholders` equity at March 31, 2009 of $4.5 billionand locations in Bermuda, the United States, Europe, Singapore, Canada andAustralia. Zeller served as the Head of the Casualty Departmentand International Department Non-Life at Zurich Insurance Company.
He holds aBachelor`s degree in Business Administration, majoring in Insurance, from theUniversity of Applied Sciences in Cologne, Germany. Zeller was a member of the Executive Board of Cologne Re from 1977 through1995 and, in 1995, a member of the Executive Council of General Re Corporation.From 1970 through 1977, Mr. Zeller was Chairman of the Executive Board of Hannover Re from 1996 throughhis retirement from the company on June 30, 2009 Prior to joining Hannover Re,Mr. He alsoserves as a member of the Chongqing Mayor`s International Economic AdvisoryCouncil and Chairman of the International Fund for Animal Welfare He holds aMasters degree from Tulane University Mr. Ramey is currently a Trustee ofthe Brookings Institution and a Director of The Warranty Group, theInternational Insurance Society and the Coalition of Service Industries. Rameyserved in the post of Executive Vice President of Liberty Mutual Group from 1995through 2009.
Prior to joining Liberty, he was President and CEO of AmericanInternational Healthcare, a subsidiary of AIG, and founder and President of aninternational healthcare trading company Mr. Ramey was Chairman and President of Liberty International, a wholly ownedsubsidiary of Liberty Mutual Group, from 1997 to 2009 Additionally, Mr. AXIS Capital will benefit enormously from theexperience of our new Board members as leaders in our sector while we continueto strengthen our leading global specialty insurance and reinsurance platform.We look forward to their contributions as members of AXIS Capital`s Board ofDirectors." Mr. Bothindividuals bring a wealth of experience through their distinguished careers inthe international property and casualty insurance and reinsurance marketplace,and they join an exceptionally talented Board comprised of some of the mostveteran business leaders today. Michael Butt, Chairman of AXIS Capital, said: "We are delighted to welcomeThomas C.