Archive

  • 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

  • Mitsui Sumitomo plans major investment in specialty underwriter WR Berkley

    28 March 2025

    Japanese insurer cites profits, geographic diversification and capital efficiency as reasons for investment

  • Sumitomo Life backs elite sport-tech SME, to help Japan's broader workforce

    11 March 2025

    Tokyo-based investee Euphoria has worked for national-level athletes

  • LGT Capital scores $100m impact fund outsourcing win in Japan

    10 March 2025

    MS&AD will help reduce education disparities in impoverished US regions

  • Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance invests in San Francisco cyber insurtech

    05 March 2025

    Japanese insurers revealed ransomware attack hit outsourcing partner last week

  • MS&AD more than triples gains on securities sales as keiretsu sell-off continues

    17 February 2025

    Japan's large groups are offloading strategic equity stakes known as keiretsu

  • Sumitomo Life outsources local PE investing to emerging management house

    06 February 2025

    D Capital managers had "extensive track record in their previous jobs," lifer says

  • Sumitomo Life outsources for local PE/buyout exposure growth

    20 January 2025

    Japanese lifer positions fund purchase as boost for emerging managers

  • Japanese insurers flock to country's Asset Owner Principles

    02 January 2025

    Government distributed precepts for institutional investors in August

  • Sumitomo Life makes post-IPO investment in medical and nursing provider Eucalia

    16 December 2024

    Insurer's JPY 1bn commitment was made through a government fund promoting early-stage investment