Dowdell to Chair Bluebook International Advisory Council

Bluebook International, Inc., a California-based provider of residential replacement cost, risk analysis and other essential property value information reports for more 91 percent of the nation’s single family residences, announced that Bob Dowdell has joined the firm as advisory council chairman.

Dowdell is the former chief executive officer of Marshall & Swift/Boeckh, a supplier of local building cost information, residential and commercial property valuation technology and services to the U.S. and Canadian property and casualty insurance industry. During his tenure there, Dowdell transformed the organization from paper-based publishing companies to “knowledge companies” that provide a wide variety of services to the property insurance, appraisal and assessment industries.

Mark Josipovich, Bluebook CEO, said, “We are very pleased to have Bob join us in this capacity. He brings a level of experience and vision to our team that will be especially valuable in our goal to deliver ever more accurate, sophisticated risk management applications and to meet demand for our products and services with our distribution partners and insurance clients.”

Source: Bluebook International, Inc.