Endurance Promotes Bigley to Senior VP, Head of U.S. Property Cat Reinsurance

Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd has promoted David Bigley to senior vice president and head of U.S. Property Catastrophe Reinsurance.

Endurance also announced that Rene Lamer and Stefan Beine, both senior vice presidents in its Global Catastrophe Reinsurance team, have assumed the roles of head of Asia Pacific Property Catastrophe Reinsurance and head of Europe Property Catastrophe Reinsurance, respectively.

Bigley joined Endurance in 2003 coincident with Endurance’s renewal rights transaction with HartRe. In 2005, he relocated to the Bermuda office where he was promoted to vice president, Property Reinsurance. He now reports to Stephen Young, executive vice president, chief underwriting officer and head of Global Catastrophe Reinsurance. Bigley joined Endurance’s U.S. operation as a Property Reinsurance underwriter in May 2003 coincident with Endurance’s renewal rights transaction with HartRe. In 2005, he relocated to the Bermuda office where he was promoted to vice president, Property Reinsurance.

He serves as secretary of the Bermuda Independent Underwriters Association.