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  • Meiji Yasuda Life praises irreplaceable value of its human staff amidst AI transformation

    13 April 2026

    Firm says AI growth increases value of "work only humans can do"

  • Meiji Yasuda Life encryption policy maps out move to "quantum-resistant cryptography"

    12 March 2026

  • Sompo completes Aspen deal while Meiji Yasuda exits Poland

    25 February 2026

  • Top of the class: InsuranceERM reveals 2025 Asia Pacific award winners

    11 December 2025

    Deng Gichuru of Westfund Health Insurance won the CRO of the year award

  • Mitsui Sumitomo forms Belgian insurer, merging European entities

    02 July 2025

  • Japan's life insurers can outbid PE for US life targets, says Fitch Ratings

    27 May 2025

    Expansion into the US is "a top priority" for Japan's life insurers, rating agency says

  • AM Best predicts capital optimising from Japanese asset-intensive reinsurance deals

    07 April 2025

    US insurers wrote $290bn GWP for Japanese owners since 2019

  • Meiji Yasuda Life to buy 85% of AEON Allianz Life Insurance

    24 March 2025

    M&A forms part of commercial partnership between life firm and AEON

  • FSA warns Japan's insurers to uphold governance amid global expansion

    02 January 2025

    Internal audit and governance must be enhanced as operations expand, watchdog says

  • 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