Archive

  • Japanese insurers Sompo, MS&AD and Tokio Marine fined for price fixing

    31 October 2024

    Four domestic insurers received cease-and-desist orders

  • Tokio Marine to pay motorists who drive carefully - and save the planet

    17 October 2024
  • Toa Re reveals importance of foreign units to Japan's major non-life insurers

    09 October 2024

    MS&AD, Tokio Marine and Sompo now generate 35% of their net premiums from outside Japan

  • Insurers hope to put the credibility into carbon credits

    24 September 2024

    Voluntary carbon credits are seen as a core element to future corporate climate commitments, and insurers are stepping in to bolster the confidence of buyers and sellers. Joshua Geer reports

  • Japan's non-life insurers braced for claims from typhoon Shanshan

    02 September 2024

    Aon predicts "hundreds of millions" of dollars in insured and economic losses

  • MS&AD and Sompo heap praise on foreign units in quarterly results

    15 August 2024

    Groups' local non-life units suffered brunt of April hailstorms

  • 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

  • Foreign business keeps foot on earnings accelerator at Tokio Marine

    08 August 2024

    Overseas units generated half the Japanese group's profits in the June quarter

  • Insurers' 2023 sustainability reports: disclosures become richer

    06 August 2024

    The latest round of reporting contains more detail than ever around insurers' sustainability strategies, risk management approaches and metrics. Joshua Geer compares and contrasts the results of 10 leading firms

  • Japanese insurers unwind cross-asset holdings to prevent conduct risks

    24 July 2024

    MS&AD and Tokio Marine reduce holdings in Toyota, and vice-versa