Moody's Ratings says that its outlook for Japan's property and casualty (P&C) insurance sector is stable, underpinned by strong overall profitability and capitalisation.
Tokio Marine & Nichido Life Insurance (Anshin Life) has sealed deals with Reinsurance Group of America (RGA) and Pacific Life Re.
General insurers in Japan have paid out a cumulative JPY84.89bn ($540m) in claims as of 26 April 2024 for the 1 January Noto Peninsula Earthquake, announced the General Insurance Association of Japan (GIAJ).
Gallagher Re has appointed Mr George Sherriff as CEO and Mr Tsuyoshi Noguchi as chairman.
Three major Japanese non-life insurance companies have posted record consolidated net profits for the year ended 31 March 2024 (FY2023).
Global reinsurer MS Reinsurance, part of the world-leading insurance group MS&AD, has produced a net profit of $366m for 2023, a significant turnaround from a net loss of $50m for 2022.
Tokio Marine Holdings (TMH), Japan's biggest P&C insurance group, has announced that it chalked up an 85.7% jump in net profits attributable to owners of the parent company to JPY695.8bn ($4.46bn) in the fiscal year ended 31 March 2024 (FY2023).
Nippon Life Insurance Company (Nippon Life), the biggest life insurance company in Japan, has announced that it has reached an agreement with Corebridge Financial and its parent company American International Group (AIG) to acquire a 20% equity interest in Corebridge.
Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Company is expected to see a fall in hospitalisation claims, a development which should help restore its profitability from the financial year ended 31 March 2024 ( FYE24), says Fitch Ratings.
According to the PERILS Industry Exposure Database (IED) 2024, the impact of inflation on insured exposures "continues to be visible". For instance, the PERILS IED for wind Japan remained stable in terms of JPY with y-o-y growth in "low single digits". However, when compared to the USD, the sums insured represented a decline of 5.1% y-o-y due to the appreciating dollar.