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  • Mitsui Sumitomo plans major investment in specialty underwriter WR Berkley

    28 March 2025

    Japanese insurer cites profits, geographic diversification and capital efficiency as reasons for investment

  • LGT Capital scores $100m impact fund outsourcing win in Japan

    10 March 2025

    MS&AD will help reduce education disparities in impoverished US regions

  • Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance invests in San Francisco cyber insurtech

    05 March 2025

    Japanese insurers revealed ransomware attack hit outsourcing partner last week

  • MS&AD units invest in Oxford University-born natural capital analysts

    27 February 2025

    Partnership plans to offer natural capital and biodiversity risk disclosure support services from June

  • APAC Weekly - Whether it's CIOs, CEOs, or CUOs, the imperative these days seems to be "diversify!"

    18 February 2025

    From investments in China to underwriting risks in Japan, APAC's insurers are spreading their risks - with one notable exception

  • Sompo cites accelerated strategic divestments for best ever December quarter

    17 February 2025

    Japanese group also sold JPY 21.3bn of local bonds as rates start rising

  • MS&AD more than triples gains on securities sales as keiretsu sell-off continues

    17 February 2025

    Japan's large groups are offloading strategic equity stakes known as keiretsu

  • APAC Weekly - India opens GA-floodgates for local investments, or maybe not...

    04 February 2025

    India's federal budget for 2025/2026 is removing the FDI cap for insurers, but with GA-strings attached. CUOs may love it, but will CIOs take the bait?

  • Japanese insurers flock to country's Asset Owner Principles

    02 January 2025

    Government distributed precepts for institutional investors in August

  • MS&AD adds biodiversity assessment to renewables risk assessments

    11 December 2024

    Following the "rapid expansion" of renewable energy adoption in Japan