Asia Pacific

  • Japanese giants MS&AD and Sumitomo launch nature-positive investment initiatives

    15 March 2024

    Insurers are uniting industry, government and academia in separate projects

  • Nippon Life seals strategic investment in health data firm

    15 March 2024

    Investing JPY 1.1bn in Value HR

  • Tokio Marine unit plans ditching investees without decarbonitation plans

    15 March 2024

    60 companies from high emiting sectors targeted

  • Mitsui Sumitomo and NEC launch adaptive finance consortium

    15 March 2024

    Multi-member alliance hopes to make private investing in climate resilience easier and clearer

  • South Korean insurers called upon to end 'Korea discount'

    15 March 2024

    Update to stewardship code also discussed

  • AIA highlights "small" exposure to non-debt holdings in China

    14 March 2024

    Provisioning for credit losses is about 0.5% of portfolio

  • Comment - When police only tell insurers half the story (about natcats)

    13 March 2024

    Insurers have a role to play in mitigating natcat losses - and Japan shows just how broadly they define their responsibility

  • APAC CIOs to be 'interventionist' in coming year, predicts S&P Global Ratings

    13 March 2024

    Taiwanese insurers post T$40bn losses on FX hedging

  • S&P Global voices concerns at some APAC insurers' property exposures

    12 March 2024

    Exposures of some Chinese insurers raise questions, but Japan, Taiwan and South Korea cause less worry

  • Comment - How Japan's insurers are making some very 'long-term investments', in society

    12 March 2024

    It seems few insurance industries are as committed to their societies in times of natcats, as Japan's

  • KB Life puts SKR 40bn into asset affiliate

    12 March 2024

    After the cash injection KBLI now owns 7m shares in KBLP

  • Fokoku Life Mutual invests JPY 4.9bn in sustainable development bond

    12 March 2024

    Bond from Inter-American Development Bank for health and employment of Central American women

  • Integrated report companies top 1,000 in Japan

    11 March 2024

    MS&AD 's latest InterRisk report discussed three major awards for integrated reporting

  • Meiji Yasuda AM widens chief portfolio manager's remit

    11 March 2024

    Suga Yasuhiro now also in charge of equity management, responsible investment, fixed income

  • Great Eastern's investments drives27% uptick in profits

    11 March 2024

    But insurance sales slowed due to better investing climate