Japan Club has announced a range of organizational and personnel changes, effective July 1st and 24th.
Organizational changes are as follows.
The Underwriting Management Department will be established under the Head of Underwriting Units. The new department will have the Underwriting Management Team, which will take over the functions of the Underwriting Administration Team of the Underwriting Administration Department.
Consequently, the Underwriting Administration Department will be renamed the “Reinsurance and Regulatory Affairs Department”.
The Claims Management Department will be established under the Head of Claims Units. The new department will have the Claims Management Team, which will take over the functions of the Quality Control Team of the Claims Department II.
The Claims Teams in Kobe and Imabari branches will be put under the control of the Claims Department I and the Claims Department II.
Claims Department I will consist of the Tokyo P&I Team I, the Tokyo P&I Team II, the Tokyo P&I Team III, the FD&D/Legal Team, the Kobe P&I Team and the Imabari P&I Team.
Claims Department II will consist of the Tokyo Crew Team, the Kobe Crew Team and the Imabari Crew Team.
The functions of the LNG Team and the Offshore Business Team of the Strategic Sales Management Department will be transferred to the Head of Underwriting Units and the Head of Claims Units.
- Yasuyuki Nakamura becomes General Manager, Kobe Branch. He was formerly General Manager, Kobe Branch and Fukuoka Branch
- Koji Shikada becomes General Manager, Fukuoka Branch.
- Yoshiro Sakamoto becomes Assistant General Manager, Planning Department [Secondment from Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.]
- Riki Yamamoto becomes General Manager, Reinsurance and Regulatory Affairs Department and Underwriting Management Department. He was formerly General Manager, Underwriting Administration Department
- Hiroaki Sawabe becomes General Manager, Kobe Branch (formerly Assistant General Manager, Claims Department II).
- Yasuyuki Nakamura becomes Assistant General Manager, Tokyo Underwriting Department (formerly General Manager, Kobe Branch).
- Naoki Hashimoto becomes Deputy Head of Claims Units, General Manager, Claims Management Department, and Team Leader, Claims Management Team of the Department (formerly Deputy Head of Claims Units, General Manager, Claims Department II, Team Leader, Quality Control Team of Claims Department II, and Team Leader, FD&D/Legal Team of the Department)
- Keisuke Yagisawa becomes Deputy Head of Claims Units, General Manager, Claims Department I, and Team Leader, FD&D/Legal Team of the Department (formerly Deputy Head of Claims Units and General Manager, Claims Department I).
- Masatoshi Fukushima becomes Deputy Head of Claims Units, General Manager, Claims Department II, and Team Leader, Tokyo Crew Team of the Department (formerly Assistant General Manager, Claims Department II, and Team Leader, Crew Team of the Department).
- Royston Deitch becomes Executive Representative, Head of IG Matters, General Manager of Reinsurance and Regulatory Affairs Department (formerly Executive Representative, Head of IG Matters, General Manager of Underwriting Administration Department)
- Tetsu Kato becomes Assistant General Manager, Claims Management Department (formerly Deputy Head of Claims Units and Assistant General Manager, Claims Department I, and Team Leader, Team I of the Department).
- Kensuke Ijichi becomes Assistant General Manager, Claims Department I.