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APAC Weekly - Japan's insurers bare their teeth, when necessary, in shareholder votes
11 October 2024From climate to female-friendliness, scandals to poison pill defences, Japan's insurers explain when they back, or reject, investees
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MS Amlin appoints head of capital management and investments
23 September 2024Emma Snowdon joins from Direct Line Group
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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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Tokio Marine and MS&AD announce first step in disentangling equity cross-holdings
27 August 2024Japan's majors are unravelling their stakes, chiefly with Toyota
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MS&AD, Sompo and Tokio Marine untangle JPY 317bn of strategic equities in June quarter
15 August 2024Solvency levels of groups rose despite the sell-downs
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APAC Weekly - European M&A sits high on APAC insurers' agendas (and, seemingly, vice versa, too)
13 August 2024But Allianz's Singapore deal shows 'two can play that game'
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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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MS&AD reveals terms for unwinding strategic stake with Toyota
23 July 2024Large non-life Japanese peers are also planning sell-offs of their own