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- October 12 2026
Japan moves to create domestic reinsurance captive regime
The government plans to submit a bill to the next ordinary legislative session, due in January 2027, to create a system of reinsurance captives that handle limited risks.
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- October 11 2026
Japan’s FSA suspends Prudential Life, Gibraltar Life operations for 3 months over employee fraud
The partial suspension, running from Tuesday to the end of January, bars the insurers from writing new contracts or selling products.
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- October 9 2026
HDI Global Japan names Kei Kimura as general manager of distribution and marketing
Kimura joined the German insurer's Japan branch on October 1.
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- October 7 2026
Awbury Syndicate 2025 launches Japanese underwriting operations
The Lloyd's syndicate will underwrite credit and financial risk business with policies issued locally through Lloyd's Japan.
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- October 7 2026
Lockton taps Kenichiro Miki as senior consultant for Japan business
He joins from Price Forbes where he was head of its Japan practice.
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- October 6 2026
Prudential agrees US$5bn reinsurance deal with Prismic Life
Agreement takes partnership to cover more than US$22bn of liabilities.
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- October 4 2026
Japan watchdog moves to suspend Prudential Life Insurance over fraud scandal
Financial Services Agency plans to halt new policy acquisitions and sales activities by the life insurer for more than three months after 107 employees defrauded about 500 customers of roughly US$23.4m over a 34-year period.
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- October 1 2026
Marsh Japan completes Eneos acquisition, Hiroyuki Hata to lead rebranded agency
Global broker completes acquisition of the inhouse insurance intermediary businesses of Japanese energy giant Eneos and renames it EMIS Insurance Services.
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- October 1 2026
Aon bolsters Japan global solutions team with twin appointments
Naoki Kido named global head and Yuki Tanemura global chief commercial officer and head of North America for the broker's Japanese multinational client servicing team.
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- October 1 2026
Thailand floods, Typhoon Dujuan test Asia’s flood cover and business interruption exposure
Loss adjusters tell InsuranceAsia News that extreme rainfall is emerging as a major loss driver across Asia, driving motor, property and business interruption claims.
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- September 29 2026
AIG names Keiichi Ishida as head of commercial property in Japan
Ishida, who has relocated back to Tokyo, joins from Everest, where he spent the last two years as head of Japan, based in Singapore.
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- September 28 2026
Itochu doubles down on non-life insurance with investment in Aioi-owned US insurtech Moter
Move is latest step in the Japanese trading house's multi-year push into non-life insurance and insurance-related services across Japan, Asia and the US.
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- September 24 2026
Typhoon Dujuan losses to be close to August Chiba flood figures: Crawford
Loss adjuster Mamoru Tanouchi says flooding affected mostly the residential and agricultural areas in Chiba prefecture, with 10 people confirmed dead, and at least four missing as of Thursday afternoon.
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- September 22 2026
Typhoon Dujuan triggers record rainfall, landslides, flooding in Japan
Typhoon, which has moved into the Pacific, leaves four people dead and at least six missing as of Tuesday morning.
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- September 18 2026
Chiba torrential rains trigger US$225m in insurance payouts across 30,000 claims: GIAJ
As of August 28, motor claims account for almost 60% of losses with payouts totalling over US$131m across over 19,100 claims.
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- September 17 2026
Kumamoto earthquake payouts top US$152m as claims exceed 110,000: GIAJ
Kumamoto prefecture accounts for over 90% of claims following the July 28 quake, which killed at least 38 people.
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- September 17 2026
Natsuko Kato joins Aon’s transaction solutions team in Asia
She joins from Medtronic Japan, according to a LInkedIn post from APAC managing director Martijn de Lange.
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- September 14 2026
Miller Japan hires Hiroaki Wakamatsu as business development, credit insurance specialist
He will work alongside Tokinori Kono, head of non-marine broking, across multiple lines of business, including credit, surety and political risk.
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- September 9 2026
Japanese P&C carriers’ underwriting profit rebounds 186% to US$2.3bn in FY25: Toa Re
Improvement driven by an increase in net premium income and a drop in net claims paid, reflecting lower earthquake claims following the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake.
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- September 9 2026
Tokio Marine HCC International completes Direct Commercial acquisition
UK commercial motor specialist will continue to operate as a standalone business, while the acquisition also includes sister company, Direct Commercial Premium Finance.
