QBE North America and RenaissanceRe both announced new chief underwriting officer appointments recently.

At QBE NA, Laura Coppola joins the company with more than 25 years of technical underwriting experience in property/casualty insurance, the company said in a media statement Monday.

Before joining QBE, Coppola held senior underwriting leadership roles with Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty and Arch Insurance Group.

In her new role, she will be based in New York, and will serve on North America’s Executive Management Board. She will be responsible for portfolio optimization and management across QBE North America, leading a fully integrated team dedicated to enhancing underwriting practices, processes and governance.

At RenaissanceRe, David Marra is taking on the roles of EVP, Group Chief Underwriting Officer and Chief Executive Officer of Renaissance Reinsurance U.S. Inc., moving from prior positions as Chief Underwriting Officer for the Casualty & Specialty segment and President of Renaissance Reinsurance U.S. Inc.

Marra has been with RenaissanceRe since 2008.

Also as RenRe, Ross Curtis will become EVP, Chief Portfolio Officer, the company announced last week. His move is also an internal move. Curtis is currently the Group Chief Underwriting Officer for RenaissanceRe and has held underwriting roles of increasing leadership since 1999.

The changes at RenRe are set to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2023.

As Group Chief Underwriting Officer, Marra will be responsible for developing and executing the Company’s underwriting strategy, including risk appetite, client engagement, and business and product development. Marra will also join RenaissanceRe’s Governance Committee.

In the newly created role of Chief Portfolio Officer, Curtis will be responsible for the execution of RenaissanceRe’s gross-to-net strategy, advancing the company’s ability to create attractive portfolios and match those portfolios with the most appropriate capital.

Curtis will oversee risk tolerance, portfolio optimization, deployed underwriting capital, and the claims function, while remaining a member of RenaissanceRe’s Governance Committee.