Archive

  • APAC Weekly - Japan's insurers bare their teeth, when necessary, in shareholder votes

    11 October 2024

    From climate to female-friendliness, scandals to poison pill defences, Japan's insurers explain when they back, or reject, investees

  • APAC Weekly - Sensitive data keeps leaking at Japan's 'porous' non-lifers

    03 September 2024

    Malign hackers blameless in recent spillages of sensitive customer data

  • MS&AD, Sompo and Tokio Marine untangle JPY 317bn of strategic equities in June quarter

    15 August 2024

    Solvency levels of groups rose despite the sell-downs

  • APAC Weekly - What Japan's insurers are about to learn, from Robert the Bruce and a spider

    30 July 2024

    In Japan both lifers and general insurers are facing monumental changes from unwinds of strategic investments underway

  • Comment: MS&AD treaded carefully in the minefield of unwinding its cross-holdings

    24 July 2024

    Other Japanese insurers will be wise to follow suit, in describing their 'unwinding' plans

  • MS&AD reveals terms for unwinding strategic stake with Toyota

    23 July 2024

    Large non-life Japanese peers are also planning sell-offs of their own

  • Prudential Life buys into shipping green bond for 1.175% coupon

    19 April 2024

    While Nippon Life develops precinct in Kobe city

  • Comment: Tokio Marine's general account gets set to cover Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos

    09 April 2024

    Japanese CIO is investing to insure some very long-haul travel policies

  • MS&AD adds name to list of Japanese insurers in Manulife's forestry fund

    03 April 2024

    Four subsidiaries made their commitments last week

  • Aioi Nissay Dowa and Nippon Life partner with Nordea AM on global equity fund

    27 March 2024

    Two insurers put JPY 25bn in new natural capital-focused fund for Japan's institutional investors