RenaissanceRe Holdings has named Kevin O'Donnell as its president & global chief underwriting officer.
CEO Neill Currie said: "Kevin has done an outstanding job at expanding our underwriting footprint, developing our talented team and instilling the disciplines and collaborative practices which will ensure that the highest standards of risk assessment and selection are maintained well into the future."
O'Donnell previously served as executive vice president & global chief underwriting officer and has been with the firm in positions of increasing leadership within the underwriting organisation since 1996.
Appointed president of Renaissance Reinsurance in 2005, O'Donnell has since managed all of the company's reinsurance operations, including property catastrophe, ceded and retrocessional, and specialty reinsurance.
In 2010, he assumed responsibility for RenaissanceRe's direct insurance operations, including at Lloyd's, and in 2011, for all assumed risk across the enterprise, including the company's ventures unit.
