US-based insurtech Agam Capital has appointed industry veteran Kunihiko Iinuma as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of its Japan business, the company announced on Friday.
In his new role, Iinuma will lead Agam’s expansion into Japan’s life insurance and retirement markets, driving the delivery of integrated solutions for local insurers and financial institutions.
With over three decades of experience spanning Japan’s life insurance, investment banking, and reinsurance sectors, Iinuma joins from Howden Re Japan, where he served as president and representative director.
His career also includes senior roles as president and representative director of SBI Life Insurance, and vice chairman and chief strategy officer at RGA Reinsurance Japan, alongside earlier stints at UBS Investment Bank and RBS Global Banking and Markets.
Agam noted that Iinuma brings deep expertise in asset-liability management, capital optimisation, derivatives, insurance-linked securities, and reinsurance structuring.
Commenting on the hire, Nakatsuka stated that Iinuma’s appointment underscores Agam’s long-term commitment to Japan during a period of significant transition across the country’s insurance and financial sectors.
The appointment comes on the heels of Agam naming former Japanese Finance Minister Kazuhiro Nakatsuka as a strategic advisor.
