UNITED STATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWashington, 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): May 9, 2014

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 5.07 Submissions of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

AXIS Capital Holdings Limited (the "Company") held its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on May 9, 2014 (the "Annual Meeting").

Proxies with regard to the matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting were solicited under Regulation 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Set forth below is a brief description of each matter voted upon at the Annual Meeting and the results of voting on each such matters.

(a)    The election of the Class II Directors named below to serve until the 2017 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. There was no solicitation in opposition to any of the nominees listed in the proxy statement and all of the nominees were elected.

Director Name	For	Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
Robert L. Friedman	85,448,433	6,488,996	6,771,083
Cheryl-Ann Lister	86,820,575	5,116,854	6,771,083
Thomas C. Ramey	76,885,795	15,051,634	6,771,083
Wilhelm Zeller	87,184,780	4,752,649	6,771,083

(b)    The shareholders approved, in a non-binding vote, the compensation paid to our named executive officers as set forth below.

For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
72,652,358	18,811,616	473,455	6,771,083

(c)    The approval of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche Ltd., Hamilton, Bermuda, to act as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014 and to authorize the Board of Directors, acting through the Audit Committee, to set the fees for the independent registered public accounting firm.

For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
98,160,798	351,164	196,550	—

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: May 14, 2014

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