Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. Appoints Max Williamson to Its Board of Directors.PEMBROKE, Bermuda -- Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ENH ENH Enhancement ENH Evanston Northwestern Healthcare (Illinois) ENH Evanston-Northwestern Hospital ) a Bermuda-based provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance The contract made between an insurance company and a third party to protect the insurance company from losses. The contract provides for the third party to pay for the loss sustained by the insurance company when the company makes a payment on the original contract. , today announced the appointment of Max Williamson to its Board of Directors. Mr. Williamson's career in the insurance industry began in 1962. Most recently, Mr. Williamson served as Chairman of the Board of Scottsdale Insurance Company, the fifth largest excess and surplus lines company in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , until his retirement in December of 2005. He served as President of Scottsdale Insurance Company from 1995 to 2005. He began his career with Travelers Insurance Company, where he served as Commercial Property & Casualty District Manager in various locations. Mr. Williamson, a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) is considered to be the premier professional designation in property-casualty insurance and risk management. The rigorous curriculum includes eight (8) post-secondary undergraduate, or graduate-level courses covering topics such as , is a graduate of Bowling Green State University Bowling Green State University, at Bowling Green, Ohio; coeducational; chartered 1910 as a normal school, opened 1914. It became a college in 1929, a university in 1935. and he served as President of the Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. Alumni Organization. He has also served on the boards of the Griffith Foundation for Insurance Education, the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO NAPSLO National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices, Ltd. ), the Derek Hughes NAPSLO Educational Foundation, the Scottsdale Cultural Arts Council and Valley of the Sun United Way. He currently serves on the Board of the Insurance Education Foundation and on the Foundation Board of Bowling Green State University. Kenneth J. LeStrange, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Endurance Specialty Holdings, commented, "I have had the pleasure of working with Max over the years and I am delighted to welcome him to our Board of Directors. His breadth and depth of experience as a seasoned insurance professional, as well as his talent and insight, will be of great value to our Board." About Endurance Specialty Holdings Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. is a global provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance. Through its operating subsidiaries, Endurance currently writes property per risk treaty reinsurance, property catastrophe reinsurance, casualty treaty reinsurance, property individual risks, casualty individual risks, and other specialty lines. Endurance's operating subsidiaries have been assigned a group rating of A- (Excellent) from A.M. Best, A2 by Moody's and A- from Standard & Poor's. Endurance's headquarters are located at Wellesley House, 90 Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke HM 08, Bermuda and its mailing address is Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., Suite No. 784, No. 48 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda. For more information about Endurance, please visit http://www.endurance.bm. |
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