Archive

  • Dai-ichi reports ¥28.9bn drop in investment income

    15 May 2020

    Japanese insurer looks to increase allocation to credit, infrastructure and alternatives

  • Crédit Agricole and Dai-ichi Life partner in micro and gender finance scheme

    14 May 2020

    Aimed at unbanked women in developing world

  • 2020 Asia Outlook: Unthreading the Asian patchwork

    15 January 2020

    Ever a patchwork of underwriting industries, the insurers of Asia will go their own ways when investing in 2020, as demands of performance, new regulation and even mild governmental cajoling come to play in varying degrees in the different jurisdictions. By David Walker

  • Ping An signs up to the Climate Action 100+

    07 January 2020

    The Chinese insurer becomes sixth Asian and first Chinese asset owner to sign up to the initiative

  • Japan's insurers in small minority on stewardship code

    30 December 2019

    However affiliated managers are aplenty on signatory roster

  • Japan life insurers' overseas asset risk on the rise, Moody's warns

    03 December 2019

    But capitalisation remains strong

  • Dai-ichi Life invests ¥200m in IT education start-up

    18 November 2019

    Life is Tech helps teach school students about technology

  • Dai-ichi Life invests $50m in Mekong region development bond

    21 October 2019

    The three-year bond issued by Export-Import Bank of India will invest in infra projects

  • Absence of US insurers in global climate initiative eye-opening

    04 October 2019

    Climate Action 100+ releases first progress report as pressure on climate-aware investing grows

  • Dai-ichi Life invests NOK 440m in vaccine bonds

    22 July 2019

    Funds to be used to develop vaccinations for infectious diseases