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  • Nippon Life makes recruitment push for investment sales staff

    06 March 2024

    Japanese lifer's affiliate aiming to support Tokyo's national asset management ambitions

  • Sompo CFO takes hefty pay-cut in wake of Bigmotor scandal

    05 March 2024

    Masahiro Hamada criticised cross-shareholding in outsourcing partner

  • Japanese earthquake reinsurer backs transition sovereign bond

    04 March 2024

    Japan Earthquake Reinsurance joins long list of industry investors

  • Insurance affiliates expect "inflationary cycle" at last, in Japan

    01 March 2024

    The BOJ's 2% target is in reach

  • Chart of the Week - To JGB or not to JGB?

    01 March 2024

    That's not the question for outsourcing Japanese CIOs, apparently, seeking new managers

  • Tokio Marine vows to "eliminate" cross-shareholdings

    29 February 2024

    Rival Sompo also to sell off its problematic strategic equity stakes

  • Comment: The strong case for ESG investing 'with national characteristics'

    29 February 2024

    From green bonds to "animal attack" insurance, underwriters have an endless list of locally-appropriate ESG actions to take

  • Winners of the 2024 Insurance Asset Risk awards

    29 February 2024

    Insurance Asset Risk is pleased to announce the winners of its 2024 awards

  • Comment: Why working from home matters for insurers' solvency capital requirement

    28 February 2024

    The 'future of work' is tied, via Solvency II rules, to the future of European insurers' capital requirements

  • Axa IM appoints new head of global rates

    27 February 2024

    Jérôme Broustra takes on role after two decades at the company