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APAC Weekly - Japan's insurers may not 'roar' in overseas M&A deals, but increasingly they want the lion's share

It would be misplaced to say the Japanese want back-row seats in global expansion

A 'Happy Future' for Viridium and its new owners including BlackRock?

Cinven is selling out of German life consolidator to insurers and manager, in €3.5bn deal

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance invests in San Francisco cyber insurtech

Japanese insurers revealed ransomware attack hit outsourcing partner last week

Dai-ichi Life to put property businesses into JV with Marubeni Corp

Japanese group wants to expand real estate investing faster than organic growth allows

Japan Post Insurance set for first emerging manager allocation next month

Life firm has launched an emerging manager programme with Daiwa AM

Meiji Yasuda inks partnership with Man Group to grow private assets to JPY 600bn

Deal will also involve joint research, Japanese insurer says

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

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

Meiji Yasuda Life joins list of insurers backing early-stage AI developer Sakana

Nippon Life and Dai-ichi Life also investing in Tokyo-based firm

APAC Weekly - Japan's lifers discover new life business overseas

In adding its name to Japanese insurers doing foreign M&A, Meiji Yasuda Life might also be adding LGIM to its list of outsourcing managers

Meiji Yasuda Life takes 20% stake in L&G's US PRT business