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FSA warns Japan's insurers to uphold governance amid global expansion
02 January 2025Internal audit and governance must be enhanced as operations expand, watchdog says
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Nippon Life sets 30% earnings contribution target from foreign business
16 December 2024Japanese wants to buy Resolution Life and MLC outright in separate deals
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Resolution Life bought for $10.6bn by Nippon Life
11 December 2024Will accelerate growth in the trillion-dollar global life and annuity consolidation market
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Nippon Life seeks to buy Resolution Life for $8.2bn
10 December 2024Largest ever overseas purchase by a Japanese insurer
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Buyer be where? Japanese insurers look beyond the horizon, for M&A deals
04 December 2024The 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
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Japan's insurers preparing to accept more cancer-related risks
09 August 2024S&P Global Ratings says market enjoys high and stable profit margins
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Resolution Life reveals strong Australasian tilt in re/insurer's investor base
09 July 2024Over half of group's backers are in Asia Pacific; one quarter are insurers
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Resolution Life investment paying off in Nippon Life's foreign expansion
13 June 2024Japanese group planning more overseas M&A
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Fitch predicts robust credit fundamentals and less rates risk for Japan's life sector
06 June 2024Insurers will also keep expanding overseas to boost earnings, ratings agency expects
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Nippon Life to buy 20% of Corebridge for $3.8bn as part of US expansion
16 May 2024Parties want deal done by Q1 2025