Chubb Limited announced that Michael O'Donnell has been appointed Chief Operating Officer, Global Reinsurance. The appointment is effective immediately.

Currently, he serves as Division President of Chubb Tempest Re USA - the reinsurance business of Chubb, offering a broad range of products to a diverse group of primary property and casualty insurers worldwide.

In his new role, O'Donnell will continue to have responsibility for the U.S. operations of Chubb Tempest Re while expanding his remit into the strategic and tactical operations of the company's global reinsurance operations.

O'Donnell will continue to report to Jim Wixtead, Senior Vice President, Chubb Group and President, Chubb Tempest Re.

O'Donnell has more than 30 years of experience in the insurance industry. He joined Chubb Tempest Re Bermuda in 2006 as a casualty treaty underwriter. He was then promoted to Senior Vice President with responsibility for ACE Tempest Re USA's workers compensation and alternative risk business units as well as oversight of its claims operations. Since 2014, he has been responsible for Chubb's U.S. property and casualty assumed reinsurance operation. Prior to Chubb, he was with General Reinsurance Corp., where he underwrote the casualty facultative business.