8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 15, 2012

AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED

(Exact Name Of Registrant As Specified In Charter)

Bermuda	001-31721	98-0395986
(State of Incorporation)	(Commission File No.)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

92 Pitts Bay Road

Pembroke, Bermuda HM 08

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(441) 405-2600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(Former name or address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2 below):

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On May 15, 2012, AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, a Bermuda company, issued a press release announcing the publication of the Company’s 2011 Loss Development Triangles. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in the preceding paragraph, as well as Exhibit 99.1 referenced therein, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 unless the Company expressly so incorporates such information by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release dated May 15, 2012

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: May 15, 2012

AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
By:	/s/ Richard T. Gieryn, Jr.
	Richard T. Gieryn, Jr.
	General Counsel

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release dated May 15, 2012

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Investor Contact	Media Contact
Linda Ventresca	Michael Herley
AXIS Capital Holdings Limited	Kekst and Company
investorrelations@axiscapital.com	michael-herley@kekst.com
(441) 405-2727	(212) 521-4897

AXIS CAPITAL ANNOUNCES PUBLICATION OF THE COMPANY’S 2011 LOSS DEVELOPMENT TRIANGLES

Pembroke, Bermuda, May 15, 2012 – AXIS Capital Holdings Limited (“AXIS Capital”) (NYSE: AXS) today announced that it will publish the Company’s 2011 Loss Development Triangles before the financial markets open on May 16, 2012. A copy of these documents will be available on the Company’s website at www.axiscapital.com in the Investor Relations section on the Financial Reports page under Supplementary Financial Data.

The data will be presented on an accident year basis and will include paid, incurred and ultimate losses on a net and gross basis as at December 31, 2011 together with development triangles for paid, incurred and ultimate losses on a gross basis. The information for the development triangles will be provided for eleven reserving classes of business which fall within the Company’s two reporting segments, Insurance and Reinsurance.

AXIS Capital is a Bermuda-based global provider of specialty lines insurance and treaty reinsurance with shareholders’ equity at March 31, 2012 of $5.9 billion and locations in Bermuda, the United States, Europe, Singapore, Canada, Australia and Latin America. Its operating subsidiaries have been assigned a rating of “A+” (“Strong”) by Standard & Poor’s and “A” (“Excellent”) by A.M. Best. AXIS Capital and AXIS Specialty Finance LLC have been assigned senior unsecured debt ratings of A- (stable) by Standard & Poor’s and Baa1 (stable) by Moody’s Investors Service. For more information about AXIS Capital, visit our website at www.axiscapital.com.