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FORM 3UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Ramey Thomas C.

(Last)(First)(Middle)
C/O AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED, 92 PITTS BAY ROAD

(Street)
PEMBROKED0HM 08

(City)(State)(Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
07/13/2009
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD [AXS]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
XDirector10% Owner
Officer (give title below)Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
XForm filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)4. Conversion or Excercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date ExercisableExpiration DateTitleAmount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
No securities are beneficially owned

 
Remarks:
No�securities�are�beneficially�owned.
Richard T. Gieryn, Jr., Attorney-in-Fact07/13/2009
** Signature of Reporting PersonDate
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and 
appoints Michael Butt, David Greenfield, Conrad Brooks and Richard T. Gieryn, Jr. and 
each of them, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power and 
authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the 
undersigned to:

(1)prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file a Form ID Application, Forms 3, 
4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto) and any other required applications, forms or 
documents required with respect to the securities of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, a 
Bermuda company (the "Company"), with the United States Securities and Exchange 
Commission (the "SEC"), any national securities exchanges and the Company, as 
considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to 
time (the "Exchange Act");

(2)seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's 
behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities from any third party, 
including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned 
hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to the undersigned and 
approves and ratifies any such release of information; and

(3)perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such attorneys-in-fact are 
necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned in connection with the 
foregoing (including the preparation, execution and filing with the SEC of an application 
on Form ID for access codes to file on Edgar).

The undersigned acknowledges that:

(1)this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such attorneys-in-fact to 
act in their discretion on information provided to such attorneys-in-fact without 
independent verification of such information;

(2)any documents prepared and/or executed by any such attorney-in-fact on behalf of 
the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain 
such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems 
necessary or desirable;

(3)neither the Company nor such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the 
undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) 
any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements or (iii) 
any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) 
of the Exchange Act; and

(4)this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for 
compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act, including 
without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

The undersigned hereby gives and grants the foregoing attorneys-in-fact full 
power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, 
necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing matters as fully to all 
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if present, hereby ratifying all 
that such attorneys-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or 
cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by the 
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to 
be executed as of this 19th day of September, 2008.


Signature:

Print Name:/s/ Thomas C. Ramey


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