"I would describe the (E&S insurance) industry as dynamic and challenging with professionals who are smart, curious and innovative," says Janet Jordan-Foster. (Image: natanaelginting/Adobe Stock)

Janet Jordan-Foster has been in the insurance industry for more than 30 years. She started her career as a casualty underwriter in one of AIG's commercial lines companies before moving to a small managing general underwriter after 5 years and later joined Home Insurance Company in its specialty lines division where she learned about the Excess and Surplus Lines business.

Janet Jordan-Foster is executive vice president and head of Primary Casualty at AXIS (AXIS Capital). Janet Jordan-Foster is executive vice president and head of Primary Casualty at AXIS (AXIS Capital).

When Home's business was acquired by Zurich Financial Services, Jordan-Foster was responsible for Zurich's primary casualty and rail businesses and later its healthcare business before she joined AXIS in 2007.

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