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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN 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 * STEVENS ANNE   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol XL GROUP LTD [XL] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O XL GROUP LTD, O?HARA HOUSE, ONE BERMUDIANA ROAD 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/12/2018 (Street) HAMILTON, D0 HM 08 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Shares 09/12/2018   D(1)   14,741 (2) D $ 57.6 0 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Employee Stock Option (Right to buy)

$ 31.81

09/12/2018

D

5,000 (3)

05/06/2017

05/06/2024

Common Shares

5,000

$ 57.6

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
STEVENS ANNE C/O XL GROUP LTD O?HARA HOUSE, ONE BERMUDIANA ROAD HAMILTON, D0 HM 08	X

Signatures

H. Matthew Crusey, Attorney-in-Fact for Anne Stevens		09/14/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Disposed of following the completion of the merger (the "Merger") described in the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 5, 2018, by and among AXA SA, Camelot Holdings Ltd. and the Issuer. At the effective time of the Merger, each issued and outstanding common share of XL Group Ltd was automatically cancelled and converted into the right to receive $57.60 in cash (the "Merger Consideration").
(2)	Includes all common shares held directly by the Reporting Person immediately prior to the Merger and which were automatically cancelled and converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration.
(3)	At the effective time of the Merger, each option to purchase common shares granted by XL Group Ltd outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (whether or not vested or exercisable) vested in full, was cancelled and was converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over the per share exercise price of such option, multiplied by the number of common shares subject to such option immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger.

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