Japan’s cabinet approves bill to support marine insurance covers for oil vessels
October 14 2026 by Joana Nguyen
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IAG offers to trade NRMA Western Australia renewal rights for RACI deal approval
- October 14
In a public benefits application to the competition regulator, the insurer also offered to address the availability of RACI home insurance in northern Western Australia and to invest US$14 million in community resilience over the next decade.
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Japan tightens asset-intensive reinsurance rules to curb counterparty risk: Fitch
- October 13
The Financial Services Agency also lifted its long-standing prohibition on cooperation between insurance brokers and agents that encourage wider use of broker channels.
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Japan moves to create domestic reinsurance captive regime
- October 12
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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Japan’s FSA suspends Prudential Life, Gibraltar Life operations for 3 months over employee fraud
- October 11
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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Zurich | Why resilience will define the winners of Asia’s clean energy transition
Planning for future conditions from the outset can improve operational reliability, reduce potential disruption and protect long-term asset value.
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Sedgwick | Captives in Asia: From Niche Solution to Strategic Risk Platform
Captive insurance has evolved from niche tool to strategic risk infrastructure in Asia, with connected claims data seen as key to unlocking its full value.
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BlackRock | Rethink the rules: how TAA and ETFs are reshaping portfolio construction
BlackRock's Daniel Caderas and MSCI's Raman Aylur Subramanian explain why tactical asset allocation (TAA) and exchange-traded funds (ETF) have become essential as global markets fragment and static allocations lose their reliability.
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BlackRock | Infrastructure comes of age for insurers
Are insurers capturing full value from the asset class? BlackRock shares its perspective.
