Archive

  • Investments blow tailwinds in three MS&AD units, in 1H results

    20 November 2024

    Bond-value recoveries, equity sell-downs and better results benefit non-life, life and foreign divisions

  • MS&AD reveals investment plans for proceeds from strategic equity sales

    11 November 2024

    Japanese composite also reveals outsourcing plans for portfolio

  • MS&AD unit takes part in EV rental firm's funding round

    28 October 2024

    Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance is also planning EV insurance products from alliance

  • 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

  • APAC Weekly - Sensitive data keeps leaking at Japan's 'porous' non-lifers

    03 September 2024

    Malign hackers blameless in recent spillages of sensitive customer data

  • 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

  • Nippon Life makes first start-up investment with JPY 5bn LP

    13 August 2024

    Nippon AM and Nissay Capital have JPY 35bn funds for local, early-stage investments

  • Chart of the Week - getting methodical with net-zero target-setting

    02 August 2024

    Net-Zero Asset Managers Initiative's Target Disclosures report finds private assets and sovereigns low on members' target-setting efforts

  • 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