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  • APAC Weekly - Japan's lifers discover new life business overseas

    11 February 2025

    In adding its name to Japanese insurers doing foreign M&A, Meiji Yasuda Life might also be adding LGIM to its list of outsourcing managers

  • APAC Weekly - Japan's insurers seek fresh business (and investments) beyond the horizon

    05 November 2024

    A 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

  • Meiji Yasuda aims for JPY 800bn ESG investments by March 2027

    01 April 2024

    Recently released management plan also outlines plan to grow business overseas

  • Commercial mortgages close up

    16 May 2019

    Strong 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

  • Japanese life insurers show resilience to ultra-low rates

    11 December 2017

    Almost exactly one year after Moody's downgraded its outlook for Japanese life insurers to negative, it has returned its outlook to 'stable'

  • StanCorp's sees investment income and earnings fall

    25 July 2014

    Q2 results continue downward trend