Health & Fitness
Health and Fitness
Health and Fitness 
Thu, January 22, 2009
Larry C. Renfro Named Executive Vice President UnitedHealth Group and Ovations Chief Executive Officer
MINNEAPOLIS--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) today named Larry C. Renfro executive vice president UnitedHealth Group and chief executive officer of Ovations. Ovations is UnitedHealth Group's seniors health business and the nation's largest and most diversified Medicare operator.
Stephen J. Hemsley, President and Chief Executive Officer of UnitedHealth Group, said, "Larry has a distinguished reputation as a highly effective executive leader with extensive operating experience and a strong focus on supporting consumer service. His broad experience with seniors' health and financial programs, financial services and the insurance sector will help to continue to advance the success of our market-leading seniors business."
Most recently, Renfro was one of Fidelity Investments' most senior executive officers and a member of the Fidelity Executive Committee, overseeing several of Fidelity's non-investment business units. Fidelity Investments is the largest mutual fund company in the United States, the number one provider of workplace retirement savings plans and a leading online brokerage firm. Renfro was President and Chief Executive Officer of AARP Services, Inc., before he rejoined Fidelity in 2008. Previously, he has held senior executive positions at NewRiver, Inc.; State Street Bank & Trust; and Allmerica Financial.
About UnitedHealth Group
UnitedHealth Group is a diversified health and well-being company dedicated to making health care work better. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn., UnitedHealth Group offers a broad spectrum of products and services through six operating businesses: UnitedHealthcare, Ovations, AmeriChoice, OptumHealth, Ingenix and Prescription Solutions. Through its family of businesses, UnitedHealth Group serves more than 70 million individuals nationwide. Visit [ www.unitedhealthgroup.com ] for more information.