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Japanese Insurers Seek M&A Targets to Aid in Diversification
Willis Towers Watson said in a report. Japanese buyers have an appetite for assets that complement their local portfolios, particularly for specialty business areas and less ...
Source: BestWire Date: January 25, 2019
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Market Watchers: Japanese Nonlife Insurers Seek Changes and Innovations to Drive Business Forward
Noriyuki Hara, chairman of the General Insurance Association of Japan. Digital transformation is among the drivers for Sompo Holdings Inc.'s growth strategy, according to the ...
Source: BestWire Date: December 6, 2017
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Brokers: Japan’s April Renewals Followed Disciplined Softening Trend, With Centralized Approach By Nonlife Groups
For instance, MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc. is working to integrate the Lloyd's syndicates and reinsurance operations under MS Amlin in 2017. The integration is expected to ...
Source: BestWire Date: April 12, 2017
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Amid a Tough Climate, Rebounding Profits Seen for Japan's Top Insurers
President Koichiro Watanabe. Ordinary profit increased significantly due to improved investment, but the rise was offset by the negative impact of decreased deferred tax assets due ...
Source: BestWire Date: June 12, 2012
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Politics, Economy Complicate Insurance Market Reform in Japan
Japan Post Bank - by the end of September 2017. The newly revised law has removed that deadline, making it possible for the privatization to be postponed. "The privatization of ...
Source: BestWire Date: May 8, 2012
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Japanese Insurance Groups Consolidate Units to Boost Profitability
Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. and Nipponkoa Insurance Co. Ltd., both major nonlife units of NKSJ Holding Inc., point to this effort to increase profitability through greater ...
Source: BestWire Date: March 30, 2012
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Domestic Economic Concerns Drive Japanese Insurers Into Overseas Markets
United States over the past year. The country's three major nonlife insurance groups are "pursuing global expansion and expansion of life subsidiaries by utilizing their sales ...
Source: BestWire Date: February 7, 2012
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Tokio Marine Revises Profit Forecast Downward Due to Earthquakes
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. has revised its profit forecast for fiscal 2010 downward as result of losses from the earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand attributed to its domestic and ...
Source: BestWire Date: May 6, 2011
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Economic Recovery, Solvency Regulation and Overseas Expansion Shape Japan's Reinsurance Market
Hiroshi Fukushima, president and chief executive of Toa Re. There are some concerns of decreasing reinsurance capacity in overseas markets due to the appreciation of the yen ...
Source: BestWire Date: January 4, 2011
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Catastrophes, Consolidation Among Defining Reinsurance Trends in Asia
Aon Benfield Asia Pacific. Reinsurance rates are expected to remain stable for most lines except for loss-affected layers, he said. In the absence of significant losses before year ...
Source: BestWire Date: October 19, 2010
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Insurers Pressed to Innovate in Japan's Shifting Market
Insurance Group Holdings Inc. was formed for the integration of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. Ltd., Aioi Insurance Co. Ltd. and Nissay Dowa General Insurance Co. Ltd. Also, NKSJ ...
Source: BestWire Date: August 3, 2010
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Japan's Insurers Look to Rebound From Economic, Social Setbacks
...This is the first of a two-part series. Next week: How Japan's insurers are adjusting to competition and growth constraints.) Many Japanese insurers are revamping their business, ...
Source: BestWire Date: July 27, 2010
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