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Japan's insurers enter new solvency regime with healthy margins, says S&P Global Ratings

M&A, operating performance and equity sell-off cited for robust capital position

Athora's reinsurer struck deal for Japanese whole-of-life policies late last year

S&P Global says public AIR deals in Japan "only amount to about 1.4%" of life policy reserves so far

Japanese cedants are keeping asset-intensive reinsurance risks under control

S&P says life firms are diversifying counterparties and taking high levels of collateral cover

Asset-intensive reinsurance "positive" for life insurers in Japan

S&P Global Ratings has a stable outlook for the Japanese life sector

Rating agencies react to Taiwan life sector's vulnerability to FX volatility

Fitch has assigned negative ratings watches to five life firms

Buyer be where? Japanese insurers look beyond the horizon, for M&A deals

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

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

S&P Global monitors funded reinsurance risk in Japan

Ratings agency welcomes post-scandal reforms in non-life sector

Japanese non-life firms to avoid major financial fallout from motor scandal

S&P Global Ratings assesses the outlook and trends shaping Japan's insurance sector

S&P Global predicts less than $1bn of insured losses from Japan quake