Archive

  • 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

  • Nippon Life sets 30% earnings contribution target from foreign business

    16 December 2024

    Japanese wants to buy Resolution Life and MLC outright in separate deals

  • Resolution Life bought for $10.6bn by Nippon Life

    11 December 2024

    Will accelerate growth in the trillion-dollar global life and annuity consolidation market

  • Nippon Life seeks to buy Resolution Life for $8.2bn

    10 December 2024

    Largest ever overseas purchase by a Japanese insurer

  • 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

  • Japan's insurers preparing to accept more cancer-related risks

    09 August 2024

    S&P Global Ratings says market enjoys high and stable profit margins

  • 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

  • Resolution Life investment paying off in Nippon Life's foreign expansion

    13 June 2024

    Japanese group planning more overseas M&A

  • 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

  • Nippon Life to buy 20% of Corebridge for $3.8bn as part of US expansion

    16 May 2024

    Parties want deal done by Q1 2025