AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD — Earnings Release 2011

Aug 3, 2011

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): August 3, 2011

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) 496-2600

(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 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On August 3, 2011, AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, a Bermuda company, issued a press release reporting its second quarter 2011 results and the availability of its second quarter 2011 Investor Financial Supplement. The press release and the financial supplement are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, respectively.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

99.1	Press release dated August 3, 2011.
99.2	Second quarter 2011 Investor Financial Supplement.

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: August 3, 2011

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

EXHIBIT INDEX

| Exhibit Number | Description of
Document |
| --- | --- |
| 99.1 | Press release dated August 3, 2011. |
| 99.2 | Second quarter 2011 Investor Financial Supplement. |