AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD

Proposal One

Board Refreshment Process

Our Board is committed to orderly director succession planning and having a diversity of perspectives, skills and experiences on our Board aligned with our long-term strategy. While our Board benefits immensely from the industry expertise of our longer-tenured directors, we recognize the importance of regular, thoughtful refreshment and have launched a director succession planning process starting in 2018. The Committee identified the skills and experience that are needed to lead the Company into the future, in line with our evolving strategy, and therefore, we evaluated director candidates based upon these desired qualities, attributes and skills. Our Corporate Governance, Nominating and Social Responsibility Committee has engaged a third-party search firm to identify and evaluate potential candidates for service on our Board. This succession planning has been conducted over time, as part of a multi-stage process, to ensure that the Company continues to benefit from the Company-specific expertise of our longer-tenured directors, balanced with the fresh perspectives brought by our newer directors.

Our director succession planning and refreshment process emphasizes the importance of diversity, including diversity of race, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, ethnicity and national origin, geographic location and cultural background. Our process is also focused on expanding the collective skills and experience of our Board with our new directors bringing deep industry and financial expertise, regulatory experience, innovative thinking and strategic perspective. The Committee considers a broad spectrum of backgrounds, skills and personal and professional experiences to ensure a strong and effective Board that is responsive to the Company's evolving needs.

Due to the Company's proactive approach to director succession planning, the Company added four independent directors with diverse and valuable skill sets in the last four years. Additionally, nine of the Board's twelve directors joined the Board in July 2018 or later, including four women and one racially/ethnically diverse director. We believe that these actions bring fresh perspectives and deliberations to our Board and reflect our commitment to Board refreshment.