Archive

  • Tokio Marine unit names Mitsubishi in latest $1.3bn strategic-stake sell-off

    03 April 2025

    Insurer will use proceeds for "solving social problems and other growth areas"

  • APAC Weekly - Myanmar's (uninsured) disaster will test the humanity of global community

    01 April 2025

    About 1,700 people are confirmed dead, so far, from Friday's earthquake

  • DEI is all about valuing staff, and driving earnings at APAC insurers

    14 March 2025

    DEI policies offer more than a feel-good factor for Asia's underwriters. They're profit-drivers

  • Sompo plans hybrid bond buying as equity sale proceeds accelerate

    13 March 2025

    Japanese group expects over JPY 400bn strategic stake divestments by March

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

    03 March 2025

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

  • Sompo cites accelerated strategic divestments for best ever December quarter

    17 February 2025

    Japanese group also sold JPY 21.3bn of local bonds as rates start rising

  • Tokio Marine AM holds out hope for cure to cancer

    17 January 2025

    Fund invests in research via underlying Candriam product

  • 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 - Japanese insurers in full 'sorry mode', including for past investments

    02 July 2024

    From strategic investments to staff being arrested, it seems Japan's insurers can't stop apologising

  • Sompo CFO takes hefty pay-cut in wake of Bigmotor scandal

    05 March 2024

    Masahiro Hamada criticised cross-shareholding in outsourcing partner