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

  • 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

  • APAC Weekly -Insurers tackle the age-old problem of getting younger staff

    23 July 2024

    From staffing ranks to customer bases, APAC insurers need youth on their side

  • 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

  • MS&AD unit outsources to local VC impact healthcare fund

    28 June 2024

    The JPY 8bn fund finances healthcare start-ups

  • MS Amlin syndicate rings changes in outsourcing arrangements

    09 April 2024

    PE secondaries were on syndicate 2001's buy-list, in 2023

  • 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