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Investments blow tailwinds in three MS&AD units, in 1H results
20 November 2024Bond-value recoveries, equity sell-downs and better results benefit non-life, life and foreign divisions
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APAC Weekly - Sensitive data keeps leaking at Japan's 'porous' non-lifers
03 September 2024Malign hackers blameless in recent spillages of sensitive customer data
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Strategic stake sell-downs "positive" for credit profile of Japan's major non-lifers
30 July 2024S&P Global Ratings expects the proceeds to be major profit driver for sellers this year
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APAC Weekly - What Japan's insurers are about to learn, from Robert the Bruce and a spider
30 July 2024In Japan both lifers and general insurers are facing monumental changes from unwinds of strategic investments underway
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Comment: MS&AD treaded carefully in the minefield of unwinding its cross-holdings
24 July 2024Other Japanese insurers will be wise to follow suit, in describing their 'unwinding' plans
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Axa gets regulator's nod for Japan mergers, and JPY 7.9trn combined asset pot
19 March 2024Strengthening financial base is one rationale for local M&A
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Sompo CFO takes hefty pay-cut in wake of Bigmotor scandal
05 March 2024Masahiro Hamada criticised cross-shareholding in outsourcing partner
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Tokio Marine vows to "eliminate" cross-shareholdings
29 February 2024Rival Sompo also to sell off its problematic strategic equity stakes
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Comment: Share prices suggest insurers' shareholders might not care much about the 'G' in ESG
26 February 2024Shareholders of Japan's insurers pocketed 150% since Q1 2020 while the Topix made 98% - so do the sector's governance issues matter?
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Chart of the Week - Sumitomo Life's yen for outsourcing, and plans for more of it, in the future
26 January 2024The Japanese lifer has fresh independent asset managers in its sights