Archive

  • RGA announces $1bn coinsurance deal with Dai-ichi Life

    04 June 2025
  • Japan Post to cut life and asset risks in JPY 550bn Talcott Life Re deal

    31 March 2025

    Ceding to Bermudian life reinsurer involves decades-old annuity contracts

  • Taiyo Life to reinsure JPY 657bn in long-term care annuities amid rising lapse risk

    28 February 2025

    Meanwhile Japan Post Insurance in talks with KKR's Global Atlantic group on reinsurance investment

  • Asahi Life introduces 'brownie points' for units with whistleblowers

    28 June 2024
  • 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

  • Japan Post Insurance out of 'regulatory rehab'

    05 January 2024
  • "Deemed hospitalisation" costs Japan Post 97% of all Covid hospital claims costs

    15 February 2023

    Government has since scaled back rules on Covid-19 payouts

  • Japan Post Insurance finds over 2,000 cases of sales malpractice

    16 March 2020

    In almost half of instances, policies failed to match client expectations

  • Japan Post Insurance finds silver lining to sales ban

    17 February 2020

    Company lifts full-year profit guidance on expected lower sales expenses

  • Japan Post reported to face three-month sales ban

    27 December 2019

    Regulator expected to publish penalty later today