Hideki Yamagishi
FWD Fuji Life Insurance (FWD Japan) has appointed Hideki Yamagishi as representative director, president and chief executive, effective January 12.
Norio Tomono will step down as CEO and become FWD s country manager for Japan while still acting as representative director. The country manager role is a newly created one, a company spokeswoman said.
Yamagishi joins FWD from NFC Holdings, a Tokyo-based insurance brokerage, where he was most recently CEO for Japan. He will now report to Huynh Thanh Phong, FWD Group CEO.
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Ben Chan
Canada’s Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) has promoted Ben Chan to senior managing director from managing director for Asia Pacific.
The emerging life insurer has recruited a key executive from MLC Life to head its business following the resignation of its founding chief executive earlier this year. In a statement, Integrity Life s