Endurance Specialty Holdings (Holdings) has announced that Thomas Bell has been appointed President of its Bermuda operating subsidiary, Endurance Specialty Insurance Ltd. (Endurance Specialty).

Mr. Bell, who joined Endurance Specialty in December 2001 as Executive Vice President of Reinsurance Operations, will now be responsible for Endurance Specialty's Insurance and Reinsurance Business Units and its operational and strategic initiatives.

"We welcome Tom to his new position," said Ken LeStrange, CEO of Endurance Holdings. "Since our incorporation, Tom has been responsible for the build- out of Endurance's Treaty Reinsurance operations and portfolio of business, along with contributing to the expansion of the analytics, operational efficiencies and technical focus that define us. We look forward to his expanded role in shaping the Bermuda company."

Mr. Bell has 30 years of insurance and reinsurance underwriting, marketing and management experience. Prior to joining Endurance, Mr. Bell spent 21 years at American Re-Insurance Company, where he was most recently Senior Vice President responsible for the Regional Middle Markets Marketing Group. During his tenure there, he also held various posts ranging from Property, Casualty and Ocean Marine Treaty and Facultative Underwriter to SVP-Eastern Region Manager with responsibilities for the Facultative offices and Treaty operations in the territory.

Earlier, he has served with North American Reinsurance Company as a Property Treaty Underwriter and with the Hartford Insurance Company in various underwriting capacities. Mr. Bell received a BBA in 1977 from St. John's University's Peter J. Tobin College of Business, School of Risk Management and has completed the Insurance Executive Development Program and the Advanced Executive Education Program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.