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Comment - What CIOs could learn from Japanese insurers - and Dolly Parton

Why "5pm is the new 7pm" for knocking off at one Japanese non-lifer

PIC completes £510m buy-in with Next Group pension plan

US lifers' ratings likely safe from CRE losses, Fitch says

Despite "material exposure" higher than European insurance sector's

Pension schemes accelerating time to buy-in or buy-out

Research from L&G finds 38% of respondents planning for a bulk annuity deal over next three years

Planet's largest investors "absolutely" have enough financial firepower to combat, and pay for, warming climate, Swiss Re says

Reinsurer's Moses Ojeisekhoba says climate-infrastructure benefits societies broadly, boosting yields on other local assets

Chart of the Week - How hiccups emerged in property risk-taking in Swiss Life's business

Swiss Life's recent annual results showed how problematic property investments can be for insurers these days

RLAM launches natural capital strategy with farmland acquisition

Joint deal with South Yorkshire Pension Authority invests £260m in 21,000 acres

Aviva seals £45m buy-in with Robertson Research Group

Scheme overcomes liquidity issues to complete deal

South Korean insurers generate nearly KRW 3trn investment income in 2023

Aggregated assets of insurance companies down 6.5% from end of 2022

Meiji Yasuda reveals distributing JPY 200bn more in decarbonisation finance than originally proposed

President Hideki Nagashima has strengthened emissions goals "as the effects of climate change are becoming more serious"