RenaissanceRe, a Bermuda-based reinsurer and third-party ILS capital manager, announced that Robin Lang has been appointed permanent Group Chief Risk Officer, succeeding Ian Branagan in that role.
Branagan originally joined RenaissanceRe in 1998, where he opened the Dublin, Ireland branch of the reinsurer and led its risk modeling and client risk intelligence activities.
He moved to Bermuda and most recently London for RenRe, taking on various business class underwriting rights and eventually becoming Group Chief Risk Officer in 2009.
Lang has served as RenaissanceRe’s interim chief risk officer since April 2023, but will now hold the role permanently.
He has been with RenRe since 2001, when he joined the reinsurer as Vice President, Corporate Risk.
He becomes Chief Risk Officer at RenaissanceRe
As Group Chief Risk Officer, Long will remain based in London with responsibility for global risk management and governance, including external oversight.
Kevin O’Donnell, President and CEO of RenaissanceRe, commented: “Robin is a knowledgeable risk practitioner, bringing to RenaissanceRe more than two decades of experience focused on global risk management, risk governance and external governance. We are delighted to promote Robin to the important role of Group Chief Risk Officer, and I look forward to continuing to work with him to advance our best-in-class risk culture.
“Ian has made tremendous contributions to the company’s success and culture in his approximately 25 years with RenaissanceRe. He has been instrumental in developing our integrated systems and has a long-standing commitment to connecting data, technology and people to improve our view of risk and advance our strategy. benefit from wise advice.”
As one of the largest third-party managers of reinsurance capital and insurance-linked securities (ILS) strategies, RenaissanceRe’s activities in the space require strong oversight of the interests of its investors and clients, to which Lang will now provide input as Group CRO.
