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Type
  
Public

CEO
  
Mike McGavick

Founded
  
1986

Number of employees
  
Approximately 7000

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Traded as
  
NYSE: XL S&P 500 Component

Industry
  
Property & Casualty Insurance

Key people
  
Michael S. McGavick, CEO

Revenue
  
Selected 2014 Financial Data as at 31 December 2014 Total Assets $45.0 billion Total Shareholders’ Equity $11.4 billion Total Revenues $6.6 billion Attributable to Ordinary Shareholders $188.3 million net income

Stock price
  
XL (NYSE) US$ 39.80 +0.42 (+1.07%)6 Apr, 4:03 PM GMT-4 - Disclaimer

Headquarters
  
Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Subsidiaries
  
X.L. Global Services Inc, X.L. America, Inc.

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XL Catlin (previously known as XL Group) is a global insurance company headquartered in Ireland with executive offices in Hamilton, Bermuda and Stamford, Connecticut, USA. The company has approximately 7000 employees and about 60 offices in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America. Formerly XL Capital Ltd, the company officially changed its name and domicile on 1 July 2010.

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On January 9, 2015, XL Group plc announced the acquisition of Catlin Group. The transaction was completed in May 2015.

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Business

XL Group Ltd (NYSE:XL), through its subsidiaries and under the XL Catlin brand, is a global insurance and reinsurance company providing property, casualty and specialty products to industrial, commercial and professional firms, insurance companies and other enterprises throughout the world.

Its Insurance segment provides commercial property, casualty, professional liability, environmental liability, aviation and satellite, marine, product recall, political risks, equine, fine art and specie, surplus lines and other coverages. The Reinsurance segment provides casualty, property risk (including energy and engineering), property catastrophe, marine, aviation, and other specialty reinsurance globally. In April 2015, XL Group announced the introduction of a new venture capital fund called XL Innovate for technology products in the financial services sector.

History

The company began as "EXEL Limited". Ian Heap was appointed the company’s first CEO in 1987, followed by Michael Kevany in 1989 serving until 1994. Brian O’Hara became XL’s third CEO in 1994, serving in that position until 2008. Current CEO Mike McGavick stepped into the position in May 2008.

In January 2015, it was announced that XL would acquire Catlin Group for $4.1 billion.

References

XL Catlin Wikipedia