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):  February 1, 2007

 

 

AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED

(Exact Name Of Registrant As Specified In Charter)

 

 

 

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):

o               Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o       Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o       Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o       Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e(4)(c))

 

Item 8.01            Other Events.

On February 1, 2007, AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, a Bermuda company, issued the press release attached hereto regarding net losses related to wind storm Kyrill.

Item 9.01            Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)  Exhibits

99.1         Press release dated February 1, 2007.

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number				Description of Document
99.1				Press release dated February 1, 2007.

 

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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: February 1, 2007

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

 

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