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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 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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Fortitude Re appoints senior associate for investments
09 July 2024Mitch Mueller joins from Partner Re
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Chart of the Week - Sumitomo Life's yen for outsourcing, and plans for more of it, in the future
26 January 2024The Japanese lifer has fresh independent asset managers in its sights
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Sumitomo Life invests in dementia care specialist Trinity
26 January 2024Japanese insurer uses Sumisei Innovation fund
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Sumitomo Life sets up affiliated asset manager
01 April 2022To oversee its US investments
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Sumitomo Life outsources to Symetra Investment Management
21 October 2021With the goal of achieving synergies across the group
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US insurer Symetra launches asset management division
08 January 2020Company will initially invest in US assets for Japanese parent, Sumitomo Life
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Japanese life insurers show resilience to ultra-low rates
11 December 2017Almost exactly one year after Moody's downgraded its outlook for Japanese life insurers to negative, it has returned its outlook to 'stable'