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  • From major regulators to major ratings agencies, funded re causes concern

    07 July 2025

    From the UK to Japan to the rest of Asia, funded re rings warning bells at regulators and ratings agencies, and leading large lifers and their asset managers are treading carefully

  • Japanese lifers looking for a beacon in the equity markets storm

    16 April 2025

    With trade wars sending markets haywire, and equities being the highest risk in insurers' investment portfolios, investment and risk teams are holding firm, in the hope of a window of blue sky

  • Chart of the week - Fukoku Mutual Life analyses how to survive a pandemic holding shares

    09 June 2023

    Japanese lifer shows what worked and failed, and discusses hedging, or restructuring, 'pandemic portfolios'