Archive

  • 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

  • Comment - Will Japanese couples stop giving birth to enough insurance CIOs?

    06 June 2025

    A sense of urgency, if not emergency, surrounds insurers' warnings about falling birthrate

  • APAC Weekly - Asia's insurers air post-January 2025 scenarios for 'Trump, the sequel'

    26 November 2024

    Industry questions whether 'Trump trade' is a leading indicator

  • Fukoku Life voices concern about China's non-performing property loans

    25 November 2024

    Japanese lifer also concerned at looming trade wars

  • APAC Weekly - Japan's insurers bare their teeth, when necessary, in shareholder votes

    11 October 2024

    From climate to female-friendliness, scandals to poison pill defences, Japan's insurers explain when they back, or reject, investees

  • APAC Weekly -Insurers tackle the age-old problem of getting younger staff

    23 July 2024

    From staffing ranks to customer bases, APAC insurers need youth on their side

  • Fukoku Life considering investing VC fund in departments' service providers

    23 July 2024

    Japanese mutual answered questions, including on 'alts' at recent AGM

  • Fukoku Life buys $38.5m private green bond from MuniFin

    25 October 2017

    Japanese mutual insurer Fukoku Life has bought a privately placed 10-year green bond from Finnish investment bank MuniFin for AUD$50m ($38.5m).