Archive

  • 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

  • Sompo to accelerate sell-down of strategic equities

    15 February 2024

    Such stakes have caught eye of regulator and politicians, recently, deputy CFO says

  • Japanese financial organisations launch sustainable finance platform initiative

    25 May 2023

    To improve ESG-information sharing mechanisms

  • Sompo Japan leads funding round for space industry start-up

    29 March 2022

    The insurer contributed to a ¥11.9bn funding

  • Fitch revises outlook for Japan sovereign from stable to negative

    03 August 2020

    Impact on insurers marginal as Japanese firms already plagued with negative outlooks

  • Japan's insurers in small minority on stewardship code

    30 December 2019

    However affiliated managers are aplenty on signatory roster

  • Insurers’ investment guide to protect world heritage sites unveiled

    15 October 2019

    Insurers worldwide have collaborated with the United Nations and the World Wildlife Fund

  • Nine insurers amongst 164 firms in Japanese TCFD consortium

    03 June 2019

    Three affiliated asset managers also in the group