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- April 10 2026
Daiichi Life returns to asset-intensive reinsurance market, agrees block life deal with Prismic
Deal to reinsure a yen-denominated in-force block of whole life and annuity policies adds to the recent momentum seen within Japan’s asset-intensive reinsurance market.
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- April 8 2026
Price Forbes hires Tokio Marine veteran Akihisa Hirata as director for Japan business
Hirata, who worked at Tokio Marine Group for 33 years in Tokyo, has relocated to Singapore.
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- April 2 2026
Excess capacity driving sharp price drops in Asia at 1.4: Guy Carpenter
Despite geopolitical uncertainties, reinsurers are keen to support clients with innovative solutions, ensuring stability and continuity, APAC CEO Tony Gallagher says.
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- April 2 2026
Reinsurers eye ‘pockets of opportunity’ in soft Japan April 1 renewals
‘Re‑underwriting’ and primary rates hikes have boosted appetite across historically challenged lines, such as property per‑risk and casualty, Gallagher Re’s George Sherriff tells InsuranceAsia News.
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- April 1 2026
Japan Post Insurance inks block life reinsurance deals in time for new solvency regime
New asset intensive reinsurance deals with Aflac Re Bermuda and Talcott Life Re coincide with the arrival of Japan's new solvency regime.
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- March 31 2026
Property cat rates ease to pre-hard market levels even as Middle East turmoil tests specialty lines: Howden Re
April renewals see orderly completion with Japan cat XoL programs seeing up to 20% risk-adjusted reductions.
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- March 31 2026
Specialty MGA hires HDI veteran Uwe Sievers to drive Japan expansion
As director business development, he will report to MNK Group chairman Manoj Kumar.
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- March 31 2026
Kensuke Hirai succeeds Ken Unoki as MSIG Singapore’s MD
Unoki is taking up a role at MSIG's head office in Japan.
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- March 31 2026
Capital optimisation key for Japanese insurers as new solvency regime arrives
New economic value-based solvency regime will replace the existing solvency margin ratio with an economic solvency ratio on Tuesday.
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- March 23 2026
Berkshire Hathaway to pick up 2.5% of Tokio Marine for US$1.8bn, agree quota share deal
Wide-ranging strategic partnership between National Indemnity Company (Nico) and Tokio Marine, will also include a strategic collaboration in M&A.
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- March 23 2026
‘Promising’ outlook as Japan’s P&C insurers reap benefits from diversification
Japan's non-life carriers are profiting from share sales, higher investment income, light natural catastrophe losses, and diversification of their revenues abroad.
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- March 19 2026
Sompo’s overseas profit to exceed 50% of total in FY26: Fitch
Insurer's relevant probable maximum losses from the Iran conflict will be limited, the rating agency said.
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- March 17 2026
BPL sets up shop in Japan amid international expansion, names Kenichi Iwakura CEO
Credit and political risk insurance broker already has offices in London, Paris, New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Geneva.
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- March 17 2026
Japan, Australia export insurers renew reciprocal reinsurance pact
Deal between Export Finance Australia and Nippon Export and Investment Insurance streamlines reinsurance operations and boosts support for exports to third countries and joint projects.
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- March 13 2026
Exclusive: Munich Re ships Sompo veteran Koki Shiomi as marine underwriter in Japan
Shiomi will start from April and report to Justin Xu, regional head of marine Asia Pacific for the global reinsurer.
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- March 5 2026
Mitsui Sumitomo completes acquisition of 15% stake in WR Berkley
Japanese insurance group acquired the shares on the secondary market from public shareholders, and no shares were sold by the WR Berkley Corporation or the Berkley family.
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- March 3 2026
Fusion Specialty launches Japanese subsidiary
W&I specialist MGA in Japan will be led by Steven Harwood and Satoshi Omura.
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- February 23 2026
Howden appoints Nobuyuki Akahane to lead new Japanese construction initiative
He will be based in London and support an expanded focus on Japanese‑led construction and infrastructure projects across global markets.
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- February 20 2026
Tokio Marine Group outlooks revised to positive on business, asset diversification: S&P
S&P Global Ratings says it revised the outlooks to positive because it believes Tokio Marine Group will further diversify its business and asset base outside Japan.
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- February 19 2026
Sompo receives regulatory approvals for US$3.5bn Aspen acquisition
Transaction is expected to close in the next several days, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
