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S&P Ratings says foreign units will replace profits from keiretsu sales in Japan
13 March 2026Major non-lifers are still selling down cross shareholdings
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APAC Weekly - How US M&A 'works' for Japan's mega-insurers
03 March 2026Sompo, Meiji Yasuda Life and MS&AD recently completed acquisitions in the US. Their targets' numbers are no doubt making them smile....
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Capital benefits driving South Korean lifers towards rated APAC private funds, says S&P Global
26 February 2026Fund and acquisition finance highlighted as areas of investment potential in APAC
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Mercuries Life announces second interim CIO
02 February 2026President was filling CIO role temporarily
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Solvency II changes a "meaningful step" for securitised assets' allure, S&P says
11 December 2025Though ratings agency warns changes are unlikely to have a "significant impact" on insurers' appetites
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S&P to monitor US insurers' expanding private credit allocations
17 October 2025Ratings agency says insurers' rates management efforts should insulate from interest rate fluctuations
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APAC Weekly - Japan's lifers welcome fork in the road for their guarantees and returns
22 July 2025The 82bps difference between big lifers' guarantee and ROI is wider than any year-end since 2012
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Taiwanese life firms win solvency leeway to use TW-ICS transitionals
24 June 2025Taiwan's regulator says it will consider applicants' Q3 solvency levels
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Mayday! FX volatility hits Taiwan's lifers but no crash landings are forecast
04 June 2025When the Taiwan/US FX rate leaped 8% in two days last month, the same might well have happened to the heartrate of CIOs at life insurers, as David Walker examines
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Taiwan's lifers bolster capital and FX reserves after market volatility
03 June 2025Country's dollar jumped 8% against greenback in two days last month