Underwriting manager
AXIS PRO
In 2016, Ayesha West joined AXIS Insurance, a business segment of AXIS Capital as underwriting manager of its professional liability division, where she specializes in cyber/network security and privacy liability, technology E&O, media, and miscellaneous professional liability. West also serves as the cyber underwriting specialist for the Northeast zone, extending complex underwriting expertise to regional and national brokers and clients. “As the zonal cyber underwriting specialist,” she says, “I am part of a formal internal team of national underwriters with heightened cyber underwriting and technical expertise that provides cyber resources to the regional underwriting teams and works with the product team to maintain a competitive advantage in the cyber marketplace.”
Beyond her day job, West serves on the advisory board of the John West Insurance Association and was selected to participate in the inaugural Leadership and Mentorship Program by PLUS from 2015 to 2017. However, she says her proudest accomplishment has been her “involvement as a co-founder and board member of the Water Street Club, an organization that seeks to increase diversity in the insurance industry through educational events, networking, mentoring and community outreach. We are growing exponentially and are hoping to have a major impact on the future of the industry.”
