All the headlines from our Japan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 24 2015 // ACE Ltd. announced the leadership team it intends to appoint for the Far East region of the new Chubb Group’s Overseas General Insurance division, which includes Japan.The leadership appointments will take effect...
Nov 23 2015 // ACE Ltd. announced the senior leadership team it intends to appoint for the new Chubb Group’s Overseas General Insurance division. This division comprises two major businesses: one with distribution through retail...
Nov 6 2015 // Toyota Motor Corp. is spending $1 billion to form a research institute focused on the artificial intelligence and robotics technology it needs to make cars that can overcome driver errors and reduce traffic...
Nov 4 2015 // Japan Post Holdings and its two financial units burst out of the gate with gains of 16 to 33 percent on debut on Wednesday, after the government raised $12 billion from the triple IPO in Japan’s biggest privatization...
Nov 2 2015 // ACE Group has expanded its political risk and credit division to Japan, as it continues to build its presence and capabilities in this risk area.Japan was the world’s fourth largest exporting country in 2014. With...
Oct 28 2015 // Bracing for a tsunami like the one that devastated Japanese communities during a 2011 mega-earthquake, coastal communities from British Columbia to California have been grappling with how to protect people from a similar...
Oct 19 2015 // State-owned Japan Post on Monday set prices for separate initial public offerings of its bank and insurance arms at the top of their ranges, indicating strong demand from retail investors for businesses valued at a...
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Oct 14 2015 // Japan’s government received orders for all the shares it’s offering in Japan Post Holdings Co. and its banking and insurance units after the first two days of bookbuilding, people with knowledge of the matter...
Oct 13 2015 // Canopius Group AG* announced the appointment of Scott Bailey as global head of Accident & Health, effective immediately.Bailey will lead the development of Canopius’s global A&H strategy as part of the...
Oct 7 2015 // State-owned Japan Post on Wednesday set indicative price ranges for a trio of initial public offerings in what it hopes to make a ‘must-have’, $12 billion privatization, Japan’s biggest in three...
Oct 5 2015 // The underinsurance of property risk – particularly natural catastrophe risks – has risen steadily over the past 40 years, even though claims payments have increased significantly during that period, according to Swiss...
Oct 2 2015 // Canopius Group* AG today announces the appointment of Philip Turner as head of specie, effective immediately.Turner joins from Marsh where he has led its specie practice for the past 20 years. He will report to Joyce Webb,...
Sep 25 2015 // AccuWeather has reported that Tropical Storm Dujuan is on track to strengthen into a powerful typhoon with Japan’s Ryukyu Islands in its path and mainland Japan, Taiwan and eastern China on alert for potential...
Sep 15 2015 // The underinsurance of property risk – particularly natural catastrophe risks – has risen steadily over the past 40 years, even though claims payments have increased significantly during that period, according to Swiss...
Sep 14 2015 // Canopius Group AG* announced the formation of an integrated global business unit to manage the assumed reinsurance business previously written separately by Canopius and Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc.The business...
Sep 11 2015 // Three people died and 23 were missing in floods after record rains burst the banks of two rivers in Japan in two days, public broadcaster NHK said.The Shibuigawa river in Miyagi Prefecture, an area hit by the record 2011...
Sep 10 2015 // A city near Tokyo declared a state of emergency and ordered thousands of residents to evacuate after torrential rain caused severe flooding. The storm caused contaminated water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant to...
Sep 8 2015 // MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc. agreed to buy Lloyd’s of London insurer Amlin plc for about 3.47 billion pounds ($5.3 billion), joining an overseas deal spree by Japanese peers. Amlin shares surged.The...
Sep 7 2015 // Japan’s Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. is in talks to buy Lloyd’s of London insurer Amlin Plc in a deal that could be announced as soon as Tuesday, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.The...