Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd has announced that Rene Lamer will assume the role of senior vice-president and head of US property catastrophe treaty reinsurance.Mr Lamer, a Bermudian, will continue to report to Stephen Young, executive vice-president and head of global catastrophe reinsurance.Mr Young said: “Rene has proven himself a very talented executive at Endurance and a valued resource to our clients in structuring and pricing both traditional and alternative reinsurance programs. His extensive experience with catastrophe models and his strong underwriting capabilities have contributed to the property catastrophe group’s overall success. We are looking forward to Rene taking on a broader role within the Bermuda Reinsurance team.”Mr Lamer joined Endurance in March 2002 as a catastrophe analyst within the company’s Bermuda based property catastrophe reinsurance team and was promoted to vice-president of US property catastrophe treaty reinsurance in 2006. In 2008, he assumed additional responsibilities as head of catastrophe linked products focusing on alternative catastrophe reinsurance.