BHAVIK DESAI
Senior Underwriter and Head of Professional Indemnity
MARKEL INTERNATIONAL
Age: 31
Appointed to head of Markel’s professional indemnity business this past summer, Bhavik Desai has a decade of insurance experience under his belt after joining the industry due to its “intellectually testing” nature that involved people and relationships. Since joining Markel in 2013, Desai has successfully re-engineered Markel’s IFA book to create a profitable, sustainable portfolio, while leading the development of Markel’s commercial combined general liability policy and broadening the company’s distribution and cover-holder relationships.