SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
March 4, 2013
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Bermuda | 1-31599 | 98-0392908 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
Wellesley House, 90 Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke HM 08, Bermuda
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(441) 278-0440
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers. |
(c) Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. (the “Company”) appointed Carrie Rosorea as its Chief Accounting Officer, effective March 4, 2013. Ms. Rosorea is to hold the office of Chief Accounting Officer of the Company until her resignation or removal.
Ms. Rosorea joined the Company in 2005 and has held several financial reporting and controller positions of increasing responsibility, most recently Executive Vice President and Corporate Controller. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Rosorea spent approximately five years as a Controller at Alta Partners, a San Francisco-based private equity firm. Previously, Ms. Rosorea worked as an Assistant Controller at XL Mid Ocean Reinsurance Company Ltd. and as a Senior Accountant in the audit practice of Deloitte & Touche LLP, both in the United States and Bermuda. Ms. Rosorea is a Certified Public Accountant. She is 40 years old.
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 thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: March 4, 2013
| By: | /s/ John V. Del Col | |
| Name: | John V. Del Col | |
| Title: | General Counsel & Secretary |