Alain Néemeh has been elected chairman of the board of directors of The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association Inc., CLHIA announced Wednesday.

Néemeh, president and CEO of RGA Life Reinsurance Company of Canada, has served as chairman elect at the CLHIA, chair of the board’s Standing Committee on Government Relations, chair of the Reinsurance Committee, and as a member of the Standing Committees on Resources and Quebec Affairs.

Néemeh joined RGA Canada in 1997, became chief financial officer in 1998 and executive vice president operations in 2001. In 2006, he was appointed president and CEO of the firm. Néemeh is also a member of the executive committee of Reinsurance Group of America, Inc., RGA Canada’s parent company.

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