0001209191-12-017528.txt : 20120312 0001209191-12-017528.hdr.sgml : 20120310 20120312171359 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-12-017528 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120301 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120312 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120312 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Bender John CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001543667 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32938 FILM NUMBER: 12684870 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 199 WATER STREET CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10038 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Allied World Assurance Co Holdings, AG CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001163348 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: LINDENSTRASSE 8 CITY: BAAR/ZUG STATE: V8 ZIP: 6340 BUSINESS PHONE: 441-278-5400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: LINDENSTRASSE 8 CITY: BAAR/ZUG STATE: V8 ZIP: 6340 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ALLIED WORLD ASSURANCE CO HOLDINGS LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20060615 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ALLIED WORLD ASSURANCE HOLDINGS LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20011207 3 1 doc3.xml FORM 3 SUBMISSION X0204 3 2012-03-01 0 0001163348 Allied World Assurance Co Holdings, AG AWH 0001543667 Bender John ALLIED WORLD ASSURANCE CO. HOLDINGS, AG LINDENSTRASSE 8 BAAR/ZUG V8 CH-6340 SWITZERLAND 0 1 0 0 Pres. & COO, Allied World Re. Common Shares 31582 D Restricted Stock Units Common Shares 750 D Restricted Stock Units Common Shares 1750 D Restricted Stock Units Common Shares 1066 D Restricted Stock Units Common Shares 3120 D Employee Stock Options (right to buy) 61.51 2021-02-22 Common Shares 5390 D On February 26, 2009, the reporting person was granted 3,000 Restricted Stock Units for no monetary consideration. The Restricted Stock Units convert into (i) 1,500 of the Company's common shares and (ii) cash equal to the market value of 1,500 Common Shares (measured at the date of vesting) upon the vesting of such Restricted Stock Units. The Restricted Stock Units vest in four equal annual installments with the first installment vesting on February 26, 2010. On February 22, 2010, the reporting person was granted 3,500 Restricted Stock Units for no monetary consideration. The Restricted Stock Units convert into cash equal to the market value of 3,500 Common Shares (measured at the date of vesting) upon the vesting of such Restricted Stock Units. The Restricted Stock Units vest in four equal annual installments with the first installment vesting on February 22, 2011. On February 22, 2011, the reporting person was granted 1,420 Restricted Stock Units for no monetary consideration. The Restricted Stock Units convert into (i) 710 of the Company's common shares and (ii) cash equal to the market value of 710 Common Shares (measured at the date of vesting) upon the vesting of such Restricted Stock Units. The Restricted Stock Units vest in four equal annual installments with the first installment vesting on February 22, 2012. On February 22, 2012, the reporting person was granted 3,120 Restricted Stock Units for no monetary consideration. The Restricted Stock Units convert into (i) 624 of the Company's common shares and (ii) cash equal to the market value of 2,496 Common Shares (measured at the date of vesting) upon the vesting of such Restricted Stock Units. The Restricted Stock Units vest in four equal annual installments with the first installment vesting on February 22, 2013. These Employee Stock Options vest in four equal annual installments with the first installment vesting on February 22, 2012. /s/ John R. Bender 2012-03-12 EX-24 2 attachment1.htm EX-24 DOCUMENT

POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all persons by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Wesley D. Dupont and Wayne H. Datz, each acting alone with full
power, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

      (1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer or director of Allied World Assurance Company Holdings,
Ltd or its subsidiaries (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

      (2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4
or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

      (3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary,
or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that each of the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to
either of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 29th day of February, 2012.


/s/ John Bender

John Bender