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- June 17 2024
Japan’s big four submits business improvement plans to FSA for price-fixing
- Regulatory
- Japan
- Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance
- Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance
- MS&AD
- Sompo
- Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire
Assessment of risks, employee surveys, effectiveness verification, second-line monitoring and internal audits are among the solutions announced by MS&AD subsidiaries.
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- May 29 2024
Geographic diversification will support Japan P&C insurers’ profitability: Moody’s
- P&C
- Japan
- Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance
- Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance
- MS&AD
- Sompo
- Tokio Marine
- Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire
While the sector's outlook is stable, the insurers' overseas premium growth would slow in the next 12-18 months, the rating agency said.
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- May 24 2024
Japan’s big 4 admit to leaking customer data to competitors: report
Agencies handling policies for Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance, Sompo Japan Insurance, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance, and Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance were sharing motor insurance customers' names, policy numbers, premium amounts and maturity dates.
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- May 15 2024
Japan’s big 4 face price fixing allegations in group insurance policies: report
The insurers, who have in the past been accused of cartelisation in commercial insurance policies, are facing regulatory probe over personal insurance pricing.
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- April 12 2024
Sompo Singapore to sustain profitability, expand regional commercial line: S&P Global
S&P Global Ratings affirmed the carrier's "A" local currency long-term insurer financial strength rating with a stable outlook.
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- April 10 2024
Sompo promotes Philippines CEO Hideo Nakano as head of Japanese interest accounts
In the newly created role reporting to APAC CEO Kenneth Reilly, Nakano will work with the commercial underwriting team to drive strategy and growth based in Singapore.
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- April 2 2024
Sompo’s Kenneth Reilly takes over from Daniel Neo as Asia Pacific CEO
Reilly, who will relocate to Singapore, will retain his current role as head of Tokyo office for the carrier.
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- March 18 2024
Japan’s big three to improve motor COR to 95% by 2026: Jefferies
The improvement will be driven by premium hikes, efficiency gains and lower expense ratio, according to a report by the investment bank.
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- March 6 2024
Sompo to align global P&C reinsurance purchase with senior appointment
Group veteran Koji Takahashi has been named chief risk officer and head of reinsurance for Sompo Japan and he will work closely with SompoRe.
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- March 1 2024
Scandal-hit Japanese carriers’ disciplinary actions to see senior management pay cuts, resignations
At Sompo Japan CEO Giichi Shirakawa and deputy Satoshi Iitoyo have stepped down, while all four Japanese insurers have announced reduction in the remuneration of senior executives for a limited period as well as strengthening of their audit systems.
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- February 29 2024
Sompo Japan chairman to step down over Bigmotor scandal: report
Keiji Nishizawa's impending resignation would be the third from the group following the company’s involvement in the Bigmotor scandal.
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- February 15 2024
Overseas growth drives Japan’s big three as domestic premiums flatten
The third quarter results reported by MS&AD, Tokio Marine and Sompo Group show strong top-line growth and substantial improvements in profits from international arms due to lower nat cat losses, reduced Covid-19 losses and forex gains.
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- February 13 2024
FSA orders Japan big four carriers to step up cross-holdings divestment: report
- Casualty
- Japan
- Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance
- Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance
- MS&AD
- Sompo
- Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire
The four major non-life players at the centre of the price-fixing scandal must speed up unwinding their cross-shareholdings as the regulator tightens it scrutiny, Nikkei Asia reported.
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- January 29 2024
Sompo International elevates Rennie Muzii as EVP, head of Asian risk solutions
US-based Muzii was most recently senior vice president of professional lines, a role which he held since joining the insurer in 2013.
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- January 29 2024
Sompo commits to fixes and reviews as FSA issues six-point business improvement order
The Japanese insurer is taking measures including clarification of management responsibilities related to Bigmotor, and make insurance premium adjustment.
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- January 23 2024
Sompo Holdings CEO Kengo Sakurada to step down in March over BigMotor scandal: report
President and chief operating officer Mikio Okumura is expected to succeed Sakurada as CEO at the insurance group holding company.
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- January 10 2024
Minimal impact seen on insurers following Japan earthquake: Fitch
The three non-life carriers have limited net retention on residential earthquake risk, which is run by the government, and on commercial risks, which is largely reinsured.
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- December 22 2023
FSA to issue business improvement orders to Japan’s big four for price-fixing: report
The regulator has determined that there were deficiencies in the company's internal control system, including rampant transactions that could potentially constitute cartels.
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- December 11 2023
Sompo International taps Crawford for APAC claims head
Pablo Diago has joined the (re)insurer in Singapore and will report to Paul O’Neill, president of commercial lines insurance for the region.
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- November 20 2023
Japan’s big three script domestic underwriting rebound
Rate increases, absence of Covid-19, large nat cat losses and increased investment income help Tokio Marine, MS&AD and Sompo improve their earnings in the first half of FY 2023.
