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DEI is all about valuing staff, and driving earnings at APAC insurers
14 March 2025DEI policies offer more than a feel-good factor for Asia's underwriters. They're profit-drivers
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Sompo cites accelerated strategic divestments for best ever December quarter
17 February 2025Japanese group also sold JPY 21.3bn of local bonds as rates start rising
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Comment: 'Why not give us more money?' How stock analysts piled pressure on Sompo at 1H results
21 November 2024CFO Masahiro Hamada politely answered one underlying question from analysts yesterday
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Sompo doubles the pace of strategic share sales in H1
20 November 2024CFO vows not to decelerate further offloads, and doubles full-year target to JPY 400bn
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Investments blow tailwinds in three MS&AD units, in 1H results
20 November 2024Bond-value recoveries, equity sell-downs and better results benefit non-life, life and foreign divisions
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APAC Weekly - Japan's insurers seek fresh business (and investments) beyond the horizon
05 November 2024A trend gaining quite some traction is overseas expansion, among both general and life insurers as buyers, from Japan, involving a fairly widely-spread mix of targets
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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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Sompo's foreign business improves investment income by 47% in Q1
12 July 2024SIH benefitted from reallocating tactically on yield curve in 2023, CFO says
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Sompo wants overseas credit to replace strategic equity sales
21 May 2024Group plans eliminating strategic holdings by fiscal 2030
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Comment: The strong case for ESG investing 'with national characteristics'
29 February 2024From green bonds to "animal attack" insurance, underwriters have an endless list of locally-appropriate ESG actions to take
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