EX-99.3 4 dex993.htm INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION AND DATA Investment Portfolio Supplemental Information and Data
AXIS Capital Holdings
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Investment Portfolio
Supplemental Information and Data
June 30, 2010
Exhibit 99.3


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Total Cash and Invested Assets
Total Cash and Invested Assets: $12.2 Billion
Total Portfolio Allocation
Total Portfolio Ratings Allocation
Note:  Other investments include hedge funds, CLO equity tranches, credit funds and short duration high yield fund.
(As of June 30, 2010)
Equities
2%
Short Term
Investments
1%
Other Investments
5%
Municipals
5%
Corporates
33%
Foreign Govt Agency
6%
Cash & Cash
Equivalents
10%
US Govt/Agency
12%
Agency MBS
14%
ABS
5%
Non Agency RMBS
2%
Non Agency CMBS
5%
AAA
21%
AA
9%
Equities
2%
Below BBB
1%
BBB
11%
A
16%
US
Govt/Agency/Cash &
Cash
Equivalents/Agency
MBS
35%
Other Investments
(unrated)
5%


Non-Agency CMBS: Detail
Fair Value ($ in millions)
Net Unrealized Gain ($ in millions)
Rating by Vintage (%)
Rating by Vintage ($ in millions)
Vintage
AAA
AA
A
BBB
Total
2010
$7
$-
$-
$-
$7
2009
13
-
-
-
13
2008
8
-
-
-
8
2007
46
-
61
1
108
2006
104
34
12
-
150
2005
112
5
7
4
128
Other
188
6
1
-
195
Total
$478
$45
$81
$5
$609
Net
Unrealized
$22
$2
$2
$-
$26
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Key Characteristics
78.4% AAA, 96.7% senior/super senior tranches
125 securities
Weighted average life of 4.49 years
Duration of 3.42
Book yield is 5.59%
Average price of 103% of par
(As of June 30, 2010)
Total Non Agency CMBS: $609 Million
(5% of total portfolio)
$-
$20
$40
$60
$80
$100
$120
$140
$160
Pre
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
AAA
AA
A
BBB
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Pre
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
AAA
AA
A
BBB


Non-Agency CMBS: Detail (Continued)
Average loan to value of the underlying collateral is 73.1
Average subordination has improved to 27.5% from 25.7% at origination
Current percentage of defeased collateral is 7.94%
Average current collateral delinquency is 10.48%
Asset Class
Amortized
Cost
Net Unrealized
Gain
Fair Value
Office
$196
$8
$204
Retail
185
9
194
Multifamily
90
4
94
Hotel
44
2
46
Industrial
25
1
26
Mixed use
13
1
14
Self storage
11
-
11
Mobile home
9
-
9
Healthcare
4
-
4
Other
6
1
7
Total
$583
$26
$609
5
Years to Maturity
Amortized
Cost
Net Unrealized
Gain
Fair Value
< 2
$92
$2
$94
2.1 –
3
73
2
75
3.1 –
4
88
8
96
4.1 –
5
90
4
94
5.1 –
7
222
10
232
7.1 –
10
6
-
6
> 10
12
-
12
Total
$583
$26
$609
Collateral Property Type ($ in millions)
Maturity Detail ($ in millions)
(As of June 30, 2010)


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Investment Grade Fixed Income:  RMBS
Key Characteristics –
Non Agency RMBS
Non-Agency RMBS have an amortized cost     
of $235 million with net unrealized loss of
$14 million
This sector includes prime, Alt-A and
subprime collateral
Non-Agency RMBS is 56.4% AAA-rated as
detailed on the following slides
Total Agency and Non-Agency RMBS: $1.9 Billion
(16% of total portfolio)
Key Characteristics –
Agency RMBS
Primarily pass-through securities
issued by the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation, Federal
National Mortgage Association, and the
Government National Mortgage
Association
These securities have an amortized cost
of $1.6 billion with a net unrealized gain
of $64 million
Duration of 2.43
Book yield is 4.27%
(As of June 30, 2010)
Agency RMBS
88%
Non-Agency
RMBS
12%


Non-Agency RMBS: Detail
Fair Value ($ in millions)
Rating by Vintage (%)
Rating by Vintage ($ in millions)
Vintage
AAA
AA
A
BBB
Below
BBB
Total
2010
$28
$-
$-
$-
$-
$28
2009
2
-
-
-
-
2
2007
1
6
1
-
21
29
2006
7
1
-
-
22
30
2005
22
3
-
11
21
57
2004
33
1
2
1
1
38
Other
32
4
-
-
1
37
Total
$125
$15
$3
$12
$66
$221
Net
Unrealized
$(5)
$(2)
$(1)
$(2)
$(4)
$(14)
Net Unrealized (Loss) ($ in millions)
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Key Characteristics
56.4% AAA
172 securities
Weighted average life of  4.74 years
Duration of 0.16
Book yield is 5.99%
Average price of 87% par
(As of June 30, 2010)
$-
$10
$20
$30
$40
$50
$60
Pre
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2009
2010
AAA
AA
A
BBB
Below BBB
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Pre
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2009
2010
AAA
AA
A
BBB
Below BBB


Non-Agency RMBS: Detail (Continued)
Years to Maturity
Amortized
Cost
Net Unrealized Loss
Fair Value
< 2
$34
$(1)
$33
2.1 –
3
30
-
30
3.1 –
4
47
(2)
45
4.1 –
5
29
(3)
26
5.1 –
7
64
(5)
59
7.1 –
10
15
(3)
12
>10
16
-
16
Total
$235
$(14)
$221
Maturity Detail ($ in millions)
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The fair value of securities with Subprime content is $14 million
The fair value of securities with Alt-A content is $55 million
(As of June 30, 2010)
Note: Our Alt-A and Subprime classification is determined by the underlying collateral. A security with any
level of Alt-A or Subprime collateral is classified as such even if the majority of the collateral is prime.


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Investment Grade Fixed Income:  Corporate Debt
Total Corporate Debt: $4.1 Billion
(33% of total portfolio)
(As of June 30, 2010)
*Medium-Term Notes primarily comprise European credit issuances
Direct Non
Financials
44%
Medium Term
Notes*
8%
Direct Financials
48%
Average corporate debt rating  A 
Weighted average life of years 4.68
Duration of 3.51
Book Yield is 4.02%


Investment Grade Corporate Debt: Financials
Financials by Subsector: $2.0 Billion
(16% of total portfolio)
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(As of June 30, 2010)
Commercial Finance
9%
Consumer Finance
4%
Corporate Finance
5%
Brokerage
12%
US Banking
28%
Non US Govt
Guaranteed
17%
Foreign Banks
22%
Insurance
3%
Amortized
Cost
Net Unrealized
Gain/(Loss)
Fair Value
US Banking
$540
$10
$550
Brokerage
232
6
238
Commercial Finance
178
-
178
Consumer Finance
69
2
71
Corporate Finance
100
3
103
Foreign Banks
456
(15)
441
Insurance
50
1
51
Non US Govt Guaranteed
332
3
335
Total
$1,957
$10
$1,967
Included in Investment Grade Corporate Debt for
Financials are $119 million of FDIC guaranteed bonds


Corporate Debt -
Financials: Detail
Amortized
Cost
Net
Unrealized
Gain
Fair Value
Bank of America
$168
$3
$171
JP Morgan Chase
136
7
143
Citigroup Inc
124
3
127
Morgan Stanley
117
1
118
General Electric
110
2
112
Goldman Sachs
95
3
98
HSBC Holdings PLC
73
1
74
Wells Fargo & Co
68
2
70
Credit Suisse
43
2
45
Barclays PLC
36
1
37
Top 10 Direct Financial Holdings ($ in millions)
Amortized
Cost
Net Unrealized
Gain/(Loss)
Fair Value
AAA
$474
$4
$478
AA
439
(5)
434
A
914
7
921
BBB
102
3
105
Below BBB
28
1
29
Total
$1,957
$10
$1,967
Financials by Rating ($ in millions)
(As of June 30, 2010)
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Investment Grade Corporate Debt: Non-Financials
Amortized
Cost
Net Unrealized
Gain/(Loss)
Fair Value
Communications
$444
$18
$462
Consumer cyclicals
124
(1)
123
Consumer non cyclicals
345
12
357
Electric
219
13
232
Energy
209
3
212
Industrial
128
6
134
Natural gas
138
-
138
Other
15
-
15
Technology
73
4
77
Transportation
17
-
17
Total
$1,712
$55
$1,767
Non-Financials By Subsector: $1.8 Billion
(15% of total portfolio)
(As of June 30, 2010)
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Subsector Detail ($ in millions)
Consumer cyclicals
7%
Technology
4%
Other
1%
Industrial
8%
Transportation
1%
Communications
26%
Natural gas
8%
Energy
12%
Consumer non
cyclicals
20%
Electric
13%


Top 10 Direct Non-Financial Holdings ($ in millions)
Corporate Debt -
Non-Financials: Detail
Amortized
Cost
Net Unrealized
Gain
Fair Value
Verizon
Communications
$97
$8
$105
AT&T
58
3
61
Time Warner Cable
55
3
58
Comcast
Corporation
51
3
54
Kraft Foods Inc
46
2
48
Roche Holding AG
44
3
47
Duke Energy Corp
40
3
43
Kinder Morgan
Energy Partners
41
-
41
Anheuser-Busch
37
1
38
Daimler AG
32
1
33
Amortized
Cost
Net Unrealized
Gain
Fair Value
AAA
$7
$1
$8
AA
189
6
195
A
705
31
736
BBB
799
17
816
Below BBB
12
-
12
Total
$1,712
$55
$1,767
Non Financials by Rating ($ in millions)
13
(As of June 30, 2010)


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Investment Grade Corporate Debt:
Medium-Term Notes
Credit issuances accessed via medium-term notes which employ leverage
Current leverage 0.48 (for each unit of client capital an additional 0.48 of borrowed capital is employed)
Investment results driven by changes in credit spreads
and the yield based on LIBOR plus the credit spread
Average yield of medium-term notes is LIBOR + 279 bps
Fair Value by Region
Amortized
Cost
Net Unrealized
Gain
Fair
Value
% of Total
Portfolio
Medium-Term Notes
$302
$24
$326
2.7
Fair Value by Rating
Fair Value by Sector
Medium-Term Notes ($ in millions)
(As of June 30, 2010)
Middle East
2%
UK
33%
Western Europe
57%
Eastern Europe
3%
Other
5%
Below BBB
21%
BBB
39%
AAA
0%
AA
6%
A
34%
ABS
13%
Financials
22%
Corporate &
Sovereign
65%


Investment Grade Fixed Income: ABS
Amortized
Cost
Net Unrealized
Gain/(Loss)
Fair Value
Auto ABS
$399
$3
$402
CLO
debt tranches
57
(14)
43     
CDO
5
(1)
4
Credit card
56
1
57
Equipment
36
-
36
Other ABS
108
5
113
Total
$661
$(6)
$655
15
ABS by Subsector: $655 Million
(5% of total portfolio)
(As of June 30, 2010)
Auto ABS
61%
Equipment
6%
Credit card
9%
CDO
1%
CLO - debt
tranches
6%
Other ABS
17%
Subsector Detail ($ in millions)


ABS: Detail
Years to Maturity
Amortized
Cost
Net Unrealized
Gain/(Loss)
Fair Value
< 2
$351
$2
$353
2.1 –
3
103
1
104
3.1 –
4
50
(6)
44
4.1 –
5
87
(3)
84
5.1 –
7
28
(2)
26
7.1 –
10
40
2
42
>10
2
-
2
Total
$661
$(6)
$655
16
Maturity Detail ($ in millions)
Vintage Detail ($ in millions)
(As of June 30, 2010)
Vintage
AAA
AA
A
BBB
Below
BBB
Total
2010
$191
$-
$-
$-
$-
$191
2009
243
-
-
-
-
243
2008
114
-
-
-
-
114
2007
23
-
-
-
-
23
2006
17
-
-
-
-
17
Other
23
-
10
12
22
67
Total
$611
$-
$10
$12
$22
$655
Net
Unrealized
$9
$ -
$(3)
$(3)
$(9)
$(6)
Key Characteristics
93.1% AAA
93 securities
Weighted average life of  years 2.54
Duration of  1.22
Book yield is 2.01%
Average price of 100% of par
Amortized
Cost
Net Unrealized
Gain/(Loss)
Fair Value
AAA
$601
$9
$610
AA
-
-
-
A
12
(2)
10
BBB
16
(3)
13
Below BBB
32
(10)
22
Total
$661
$(6)
$655
Rating Detail ($ in millions)
Net Unrealized Gain/(Loss) ($ in millions)


Fund of
Funds
67%
Single
Managers
33%
Other Investments Overview
CLO - equity
tranches
11%
Hedge Funds
61%
Short duration
high yield
fund
10%
Credit funds
18%
Total Other Investments: $548 million
(5% of total portfolio)
(As of June 30, 2010)
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Key Characteristics
Short duration high yield fund –
invests mainly in high yield bonds with an
average maturity of  3.1 years and average rating of B
Credit funds –
invest in bank loans, investment grade credit and distressed debt
CLO equity tranches –
equity tranches of cash flow collateralized loan
obligations that invest primarily in first-lien bank loans
Fund of Funds –
seek to achieve attractive risk adjusted total returns by
investing in a large diversified portfolio of asset managers
Single managers –
invest in event driven, equity long short, and energy MLP
strategies
Hedge Funds
Total Other Investments