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  • Sumitomo Life invests in local stablecoin's developer

    27 April 2026

    Interest of financial firms in stablecoins is growing, says Japanese lifer

  • MSI flags forestry and agriculture investments for carbon credit initiative

    20 April 2026

    Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance is tapping investee's skills, and EV drivers, to create and sell J-credits

  • Sumitomo Life sets out investment and growth plans to early 2029

    07 April 2026

    Group plans putting 'responsible investment' at core of its asset management

  • Comment: Japanese insurers join the space-race

    03 April 2026

    Their homeland has signed up to the Artemis launch programme, and affiliated managers see the rewards to boldly go....

  • APAC Weekly: Insurers' healthy outlook at a new dawn for regulations in Japan

    31 March 2026

    Investment reshuffles have played their part in strong solvency buffers, as industry moves to economic value-based solvency rules

  • APAC Weekly - How 'DEI by stealth' is paying off at Japan's insurers

    17 March 2026

    In the past five weeks Japan's insurers might, unknowingly, have just set a new industry record.

  • MS&AD invests in satellite developer for natcat assessments

    09 March 2026

    Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance says allocation will "strengthen its long-term revenue base"

  • MS&AD confirms outsourcing as Barings deal proceeds

    20 November 2025

    Japanese group is buying 18% of asset manager

  • MS&AD makes $1.4bn investment in Barings

    17 November 2025

    Japanese group is buying 18% stake from MassMutual

  • Sumitomo Life commits to local infrastructure LP

    20 October 2025

    Decarbonisation and social/digital infrastructure are fund's key focal points