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APAC Weekly - Japan's lifers discover new life business overseas
11 February 2025In adding its name to Japanese insurers doing foreign M&A, Meiji Yasuda Life might also be adding LGIM to its list of outsourcing managers
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APAC Weekly - Japan's insurers seek fresh business (and investments) beyond the horizon
05 November 2024A trend gaining quite some traction is overseas expansion, among both general and life insurers as buyers, from Japan, involving a fairly widely-spread mix of targets
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Meiji Yasuda aims for JPY 800bn ESG investments by March 2027
01 April 2024Recently released management plan also outlines plan to grow business overseas
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Commercial mortgages close up
16 May 2019Strong returns, stable performance, low risk—the market for commercial mortgage loans has run on tailwinds in the last 10 years with more insurers bringing the asset onto their portfolio than ever before. But, with a looming economic downturn, is the love affair with CMLs about to run out? Sarfraz Thind reports
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Japanese life insurers show resilience to ultra-low rates
11 December 2017Almost exactly one year after Moody's downgraded its outlook for Japanese life insurers to negative, it has returned its outlook to 'stable'
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StanCorp's sees investment income and earnings fall
25 July 2014Q2 results continue downward trend