Archive

  • Changes in MS&AD bond holdings do not deter revisions to full-year forecasts

    02 April 2024

    Losses and impairments affected Mitsui Sumitomo Primary Life last reporting year

  • Comment - What CIOs could learn from Japanese insurers - and Dolly Parton

    01 April 2024

    Why "5pm is the new 7pm" for knocking off at one Japanese non-lifer

  • Mitsui Sumitomo's managers to ring the home bell bang at 5pm - and check staff leave

    27 March 2024

    The new aim, to foster skills and help recruiting, replaces "leave before 7pm" rule in force since 2017

  • Japanese giants MS&AD and Sumitomo launch nature-positive investment initiatives

    15 March 2024

    Insurers are uniting industry, government and academia in separate projects

  • Mitsui Sumitomo and NEC launch adaptive finance consortium

    15 March 2024

    Multi-member alliance hopes to make private investing in climate resilience easier and clearer

  • Japanese earthquake reinsurer backs transition sovereign bond

    04 March 2024

    Japan Earthquake Reinsurance joins long list of industry investors

  • T&D Life, Japan Post Insurance and Nippon Life join buyers of Tokyo's 'GX' transition debt

    20 February 2024

    Bond aims to raise JPY 20bn for nation's JPY 150trn decarbonisation push

  • Dai-ichi Life participates in Japan climate transition bond

    16 February 2024

    Bond raises JPY 800bn ($5.3bn)

  • MS&AD units buy world's first transition sovereign bond

    14 February 2024

    Two Japanese insurers are committing JPY 2bn

  • Japanese financial organisations launch sustainable finance platform initiative

    25 May 2023

    To improve ESG-information sharing mechanisms