Archive

  • T&D life units commit to JPY 10bn sustainability-linked bond from NEC

    28 July 2025

    Japanese group makes allocation in its ESG framework

  • From major regulators to major ratings agencies, funded re causes concern

    07 July 2025

    From the UK to Japan to the rest of Asia, funded re rings warning bells at regulators and ratings agencies, and leading large lifers and their asset managers are treading carefully

  • RGA announces $1bn coinsurance deal with Dai-ichi Life

    04 June 2025

    Follows previous Asian deals in Japan and South Korea

  • Japanese lifers looking for a beacon in the equity markets storm

    16 April 2025

    With trade wars sending markets haywire, and equities being the highest risk in insurers' investment portfolios, investment and risk teams are holding firm, in the hope of a window of blue sky

  • APAC Weekly - Japan's insurers may not 'roar' in overseas M&A deals, but increasingly they want the lion's share

    24 March 2025

    It would be misplaced to say the Japanese want back-row seats in global expansion

  • Tokio Marine AM expects further rate hikes in Japan

    24 February 2025

    Daido Life finds "price stability" is the main wish among Japanese SME owners

  • Daido Life Insurance makes investment in getting Japan's SMEs to net zero

    12 February 2025

    Investment will dovetail with SME sustainability venture lifer runs in-house

  • Tokio Marine AM holds out hope for cure to cancer

    17 January 2025

    Fund invests in research via underlying Candriam product

  • Daido Life finds outsourcing partner for PE investing in local SMEs

    14 January 2025

    Delegation will focus on SMEs with business succession challenges

  • Japan Post progresses property outsourcing goal worth "several hundred billion yen"

    02 January 2025

    Daido Life is also expanding its local real estate portfolio