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- September 30 2025
Athene enters block reinsurance deal with Sony Life
Deal will reinsure in-force block of US dollar denominated whole life insurance policies and retrocede all mortality risk associated with the block to Swiss Re.
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- September 29 2025
Sony’s financial services arm closes up 16% after rare direct listing
Financial services arm of the Japanese conglomerate includes life insurer Sony Life and property and casualty carrier Sony Assurance, as well as Sony Bank.
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- September 29 2025
Aon hires Shinji Kuriyama as APAC enterprise client leader in Japan
Tokyo-based Kuriyama, who joins from BNP Paribas, will lead the broker's relationships with Japanese clients globally.
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- September 19 2025
Opinion: When will Fukushima’s shadow finally disappear for the insurance market?
With issues of possible radioactive contamination still in the news, the prospect of claims continues to linger.
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- September 17 2025
Milla Chen joins Aon’s Japanese M&A and transactions solutions team
Aon has tapped the semiconductor industry lawyer to join its Japanese transaction liability team.
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- September 11 2025
Sompo Japan hires Heiko Thienenkamp as commercial business COO, Hiroki Ohashi as head of financial lines
Appointments form part of Sompo Japan's plan to expand its commercial business underwriting and operational capabilities.
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- September 11 2025
Strategic sale, international growth hold Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance in good stead: AM Best
AM Best expects proceeds from disposals to provide additional flexibility for new business investments to strengthen operating performance over the long term.
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- September 10 2025
AIG promotes Naoko Masu to head of multinational for Japan
She has been with AIG for over 23 years, and was previously head of credit lines.
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- September 3 2025
Tokio Marine launches green transition underwriting platform
Tokio Marine GX is a fully operational underwriting business offering up to US$500m of capacity on any single risk.
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- August 28 2025
Perils expands real-time insurance industry loss forecasts to Japanese typhoons
Wind-Jeannie platform 'provides a welcome new perspective,' Perils' Japan representative Takashi Goda says.
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- August 27 2025
Sompo to acquire Aspen for US$3.5bn
Japanese insurer will pay a 35.6% premium for NYSE-listed Aspen shares in the all-cash deal.
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- August 25 2025
Amid breakout year, Willis supercharges Japan team as broker eyes a bigger piece of the pie
Head of Japan Roy Nakazawa tells InsuranceNews Asia about hiring 22 professionals this year across risk and analytics, facultative reinsurance, marine lines as well as business development, large accounts and claims functions.
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- August 22 2025
Japan to create new insurance regulator to strengthen oversight: reports
Financial Services Agency will be reorganised to create a separate Asset Management and Insurance Supervision Bureau in FY26, local media reports say.
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- August 22 2025
Regina Wiedmann promoted to Zurich Insurance’s CFO for Japan P&C
Wiedmann has relocated from her previous role with Zurich in Singapore to Tokyo following the appointment.
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- August 20 2025
Aspen shares rally in premarket trading on reports of Sompo merger talks
New York-listed Bermudian (re)insurer is reportedly seeing interest from the Japanese insurance group.
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- August 14 2025
Sompo’s Q1 P&C profit up 37% on strong domestic performance
Japan unit reports 96.1% COR, a 7.2 percentage points improvement from 103.3% a year ago on strong fire and motor results.
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- August 11 2025
MS&AD Holdings’ Q1 profit up 19% to US$1.6bn
The Tokyo-headquartered giant reported strong overseas topline growth, domestic business reports no nat cat losses.
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- August 7 2025
Tokio Marine’s Q1 results handed domestic nat cats boost, strong overseas results
Domestic COR improved by 13.3 points to 86.2% in Q1 FY25, while international non-life businesses' topline grew 4.3% year on year.
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- August 4 2025
Sompo unveils investment hub to drive ‘agile, dynamic’ growth investments
New business development hub will target investment opportunities mainly in Japan and promote and manage the insurer’s venture capital investments.
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- August 1 2025
Allianz Commercial Japan hires Munich Re’s Brian Jinzenji as representative director and president
Insurer also promotes Yuichiro Funabashi to representative director and executive vice president for Japan.
