Insurance moves: AXIS and SageSure

Robert Davis ; 2025-12-06 03:32:43

They include a new sales chief and head of delegated strategy

Insurance News

By Josh Recamara

Dec 02, 2025Share

The insurance sector is seeing targeted leadership moves as companies position themselves for growth in the delegated authority and specialty markets. AXIS Capital Holdings and SageSure have both announced senior appointments to drive underwriting, distribution, and producer engagement strategies.

AXIS appoints head of delegated strategy

AXIS Capital Holdings Limited has named Lewis Edwards (pictured, left) as head of delegated strategy, global markets, in a newly created role, effective Dec. 1.

Based in London, Edwards will report to Sara Farrup, head of global markets. He joins from Liberty Specialty Markets, where he led the Delegated Authority Practice, and brings prior experience from Allianz Corporate & Specialty, AIG, and Heath Lambert.

Edwards will oversee AXIS’s portfolios of coverholder and managing general agent (MGA) business, developing binding authorities with carefully selected brokers and partners to complement the company’s open market underwriting strategy. The appointment is aimed at strengthening AXIS’s position in the specialty insurance market and supporting long-term growth.

SageSure names chief sales officer

SageSure, a US-focused MGA specializing in catastrophe-exposed markets, has appointed John Sence (pictured, right) as chief sales officer.

Sence, formerly vice president of personal lines national sales at Cincinnati Insurance Companies, brings extensive experience in both agency operations and carrier leadership.

In his new role, Sence will lead sales strategy, distribution expansion, and high-impact producer engagement, supporting SageSure’s investments in system enhancements, new earthquake and wildfire capabilities, and mass-affluent market growth. He is expected to help scale SageSure’s inforce premium from $3 billion while enhancing collaboration with distribution partners.