Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, has announced that Ian Bowler has joined the company's London office as senior vice president to launch a new professional indemnity practice.

Mr. Bowler has more than 20 years of experience in this market, having most recently built Axis Insurance's professional indemnity portfolio. Along with Mr. Bowler, Robert Goldhawk and Ben Carter will join the company as senior underwriters in this new business unit, which is the first of several new London market units that the company plans to introduce this year.

Graham Evans, the chief executive officer of international insurance, commented, “Ian and his team are recognized for their depth of expertise in the professional indemnity classes and have an exceptional reputation within the London market. They are the first of a number of new London market insurance teams in the pipeline for 2014 as we build out Endurance Insurance's multi-line capabilities and international presence.”

Mr. Bowler joined Endurance from Axis Insurance, where he has managed their professional indemnity business as professional indemnity manager since 2010.

Prior to that, Mr. Bowler was a professional indemnity underwriter at QBE Insurance for 17 years, underwriting all classes of professional indemnity and specializing in construction and surveyors professional indemnity. He started his career at Aegon Insurance and holds a BSc degree from The University of Hampshire.

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Victoria Spears

Victoria Spears

Victoria Prussen Spears is senior vice president of Meyerowitz Communications Inc., a law firm marketing communications consulting company. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and Brooklyn Law School, Ms. Spears was an attorney at a leading New York City law firm before joining Meyerowitz Communications. She may be contacted at [email protected].

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