Japan’s Big Non-Life Insurers Plan to Sell Cross Shareholdings May 20, 2025 By Nao Sano Japan’s three major casualty insurers plan to sell a total of about ¥1.37 trillion ($9.5 billion) of cross-held shares in...
Sompo Holdings Restructures Business Into 2 Global Segments February 14, 2025 Sompo Holdings Inc., the Tokyo-based insurance holding company, announced it is restructuring its business into two global segments: Sompo Property...
Japan Insurers Plan to Sell $3.1 Billion Worth of Honda Shares, Reuters Reports July 2, 2024 Japan’s four top property and casualty insurers, along with other financial firms, are planning to sell around ¥500 billion ($3.1...
People Moves: Sompo Japan Names Takahashi as Chief Risk Officer, Head of Reinsurance; WTW Taps Aon’s Bosc for Global Specialty Team March 6, 2024 This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Sompo Japan and Willis Towers Watson (WTW). A summary of these...
Buffett Watchers Tout Japan Insurers, Banks as Next Potential Value Targets October 13, 2023 By Aya Wagatsuma and Akemi Terukina Warren Buffett’s buying of Japanese trading firms helped propel the nation’s stocks to multi-decade highs. Six months on, insurers and...
Japan Competition Watchdog Probes Insurers Over Price Fixing August 8, 2023 By Nao Sano Japan’s competition watchdog has begun an investigation into whether the top four non-life insurers colluded to set premiums for their...
Japan Casualty Insurers’ Shares Sink on Concerns Over Suspected Price Fixing August 2, 2023 By Taiga Uranaka and Nao Sano A price-fixing scandal at Japan’s biggest casualty insurers is escalating following a media report that the suspected collusion is likely...
Insurers Look to Loosen UN Climate Alliance Rules After Member Exodus: Sources July 5, 2023 By Tommy Wilkes The remaining insurers in a United Nations-backed coalition aimed at tackling climate change are poised to loosen the alliance’s membership...
ANALYSIS – Breakup of Insurers’ Climate Coalition Driven by U.S. Regulation Fears June 2, 2023 By Tommy Wilkes The success of Republicans in triggering the breakup of a coalition of insurance firms aimed at tackling climate change is...
Update: List of Insurers Exiting Climate Group Grows, Including Lloyd’s, Tokio Marine May 30, 2023 By Aaron Clark, Nao Sano and Alastair Marsh The list of firms walking out of the Net Zero Insurance Alliance continued to grow this week, adding to an...