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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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APAC Weekly - Japan's insurers bare their teeth, when necessary, in shareholder votes
11 October 2024From climate to female-friendliness, scandals to poison pill defences, Japan's insurers explain when they back, or reject, investees
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Taiju Life backs Dutch housing with general account
20 August 2024Lifer follows in footsteps of Mitsui Life, in social housing bond purchase
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MS&AD, Sompo and Tokio Marine untangle JPY 317bn of strategic equities in June quarter
15 August 2024Solvency levels of groups rose despite the sell-downs
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Sumitomo Life puts JPY 1bn behind its first university VC firm allocation
13 August 2024Tokyo's Keio University gave birth to the KII Impact Fund
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GSAM and Digital Bridge win fund-based infrastructure mandates in Japan
06 August 2024Sumitomo Life and Dai-ichi Life are making separate infrastructure fund investments
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APAC insurance groups reveal better investment outcomes for Bermudian subsidiaries
05 August 2024From outsourcing to equity beta data to income leaps, APAC-owned Bermudians reported on an investment job well done, in 2023
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APAC Weekly - What Japan's insurers are about to learn, from Robert the Bruce and a spider
30 July 2024In Japan both lifers and general insurers are facing monumental changes from unwinds of strategic investments underway
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Comment: MS&AD treaded carefully in the minefield of unwinding its cross-holdings
24 July 2024Other Japanese insurers will be wise to follow suit, in describing their 'unwinding' plans
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APAC Weekly -Insurers tackle the age-old problem of getting younger staff
23 July 2024From staffing ranks to customer bases, APAC insurers need youth on their side