Archive

  • APAC Weekly - Japan's insurers seek fresh business (and investments) beyond the horizon

    05 November 2024

    A 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

  • 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

  • Taiju Life backs Dutch housing with general account

    20 August 2024

    Lifer follows in footsteps of Mitsui Life, in social housing bond purchase

  • 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

  • Sumitomo Life puts JPY 1bn behind its first university VC firm allocation

    13 August 2024

    Tokyo's Keio University gave birth to the KII Impact Fund

  • GSAM and Digital Bridge win fund-based infrastructure mandates in Japan

    06 August 2024

    Sumitomo Life and Dai-ichi Life are making separate infrastructure fund investments

  • APAC insurance groups reveal better investment outcomes for Bermudian subsidiaries

    05 August 2024

    From outsourcing to equity beta data to income leaps, APAC-owned Bermudians reported on an investment job well done, in 2023

  • 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

  • APAC Weekly -Insurers tackle the age-old problem of getting younger staff

    23 July 2024

    From staffing ranks to customer bases, APAC insurers need youth on their side