Maxis Global Benefits Network (GBN) has appointed Nicolas Denys as chief underwriting officer after almost 25 years within the Axa Group.
Denys (pictured) will join on 1 February, subject to regulatory checks. Maxis GBN was co-founded by Axa and MetLife.
He succeeds Nicola Fordham who moved on from her role as chief underwriting officer in September, taking on a new position as chief solutions officer and creating a new function within the business.
Denys will sit on the Maxis GBN executive committee (ExCom) and report to CEO, Mattieu Rouot.
In his new role, he will lead a team of pricing underwriters who work closely with the Maxis network of local insurers, the Maxis EU Underwriting Hub and multinational clients.
He joins from Axa Group where he has worked across underwriting, pricing, portfolio monitoring, product management and actuarial accounting over more than two decades.
Most recently, he has been head of health and employee benefits (EB) within the Axa corporate centre underwriting office.
In that role he supported Axa health and EB businesses in driving sustainable growth and more predictable profit generation, as well as reviewing the product design and underwriting quality of local businesses.
Before that, he held roles in risk management, finance and strategy within the Axa Group.
He also has a postgraduate degree in actuarial studies from Centre d’Etudes Actuarielles and a master’s in applied mathematics and computer science from Angers University.
Denys said: “I’m delighted to be joining Maxis GBN and am looking forward to using my technical expertise to lead the underwriting team to even more success.
“Having recently led the Axa Group technical review of Maxis GBN’s activities, I’ve been able to get to know the challenges and ambition of the business and familiarise myself with processes in place.
“I’m really excited to join the team and help Maxis go from strength-to-strength.”
Mattieu Rouot, CEO at Maxis GBN, said: “I’m pleased to be welcoming Nicolas to the business.
“He has a wealth of experience in the industry and his strong technical, process and people management skills will be hugely beneficial to both our excellent underwriting team and the business.”