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  • Buyer be where? Japanese insurers look beyond the horizon, for M&A deals

    04 December 2024

    The rewards for Japan's insurers of overseas M&A include risk diversification, new customers and profit enhancement - but stakeholders tell David Walker that risks abound, as well

  • Resolution Life reveals strong Australasian tilt in re/insurer's investor base

    09 July 2024

    Over half of group's backers are in Asia Pacific; one quarter are insurers

  • Fitch predicts robust credit fundamentals and less rates risk for Japan's life sector

    06 June 2024

    Insurers will also keep expanding overseas to boost earnings, ratings agency expects

  • Fitch flags "moderate" uplift in Japan life firms' capital after BoJ policy change

    28 March 2024

    Bank of Japan significantly changed its stance on interest rates last week

  • MS&AD considers selling overseas units to bolster ROE

    01 March 2023

    European units' latest reported shareholder income losses widened by 87%

  • Resolution Life seals $1.1bn Japan life book deal with Dai-Ichi Life

    22 June 2022

    Japanese life group gets over 25% of premiums from overseas

  • Capital strength drives high Fitch ratings for Asian life insurers

    21 March 2022

    The rating agency said the insurers assessed benefit from sustainable profitability

  • ESG gains momentum among Asian insurers

    14 January 2022

    Expect tailored ESG approaches and platforms in Asia, experts say

  • Seven re/insurers to join UN's Net-Zero Insurance Alliance

    21 April 2021

    Environmentalists request immediate change to fossil fuels for NZIA project to be credible

  • Major Japanese life insurers' profit declines after mortality revision

    08 June 2020

    Moody's warned Covid-19 remains disruptive for the next fiscal year