Japan’s largest life insurers are continuing plans to increase private credit investment in the fiscal year beginning April amid recent warning signals about the health of the sector. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/03/12/companies/japan-life-insurance-private-debt/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #lifeinsurance #nipponlifeinsurance #meijiyasudalifeinsurance #daiichilife

Dai-ichi Life Holdings said that it has confirmed 1,155 cases of unauthorized data transfers by 64 employees seconded from affiliated insurance companies to 28 agents, including banks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/12/daiichi-life-unauthorized-data-transfers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #daiichilife #insurance

Three of Japan's four major life insurance companies enjoyed insurance premium income growth in April-September, their earnings reports have shown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/21/companies/life-insurers-revenue-growth/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #lifeinsurance #sumitomolife #daiichilife #nipponlife #meijiyasuda

Rising yields in Japan are prompting some of its biggest life insurers to boost domestic bond holdings and pare overseas debt, with foreign returns no longer stacking up as they once did. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/29/companies/insurers-foreign-debt-cut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #lifeinsurance #insurance #sumitomolife #daiichilife #meijiyasuda #jgb

Dai-ichi Life is considering mergers and acquisitions in Southeast Asia as part of its plan to expand overseas, eyeing a growing but increasingly crowded market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/01/companies/dai-ichi-life-ma-southeast-asia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #daiichilife #mergers #acquisitions #lifeinsurance #southeastasia

Dai-ichi Life Holdings and M&G have struck a distribution partnership that will see the Japanese firm take a roughly $1.1 billion stake in the U.K. money manager. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/05/30/daichi-life-mg-stake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #daiichilife #mg #stocks #acquisitions #investments

The surging bond yields that have saddled Japan’s insurers with billions of dollars in unrealized losses will weaken because they are not supported by economic fundamentals, according to Dai-Ichi Life. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/05/27/companies/dai-ichi-life-jgb-volatility/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #daiichilife #bonds #jgb #lifeinsurance

Japan’s largest listed life insurer has a dilemma — its traditional investment strategies aren’t working. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/18/dai-ichi-life-investment-strategy/ #business #daiichilife #investments #mergers #acquisitions #bonds #jgbs

Life insurer Dai-ichi Life Holdings has reached agreement with the parent company of Benefit One on its bid to acquire the health care platform, taking a major step in a high-profile takeover battle. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/02/08/companies/daiichi-pasona-nod-benefit-one-acquisition/ #business #companies #daiichilife #benefitone #m3

Japan's biggest life insurers plan to add to holdings of superlong Japanese government bonds over the next five months, but are cautious amid risks for a hawkish turn by the country's central bank. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/10/27/markets/life-insurers-jgb-buying/?utm_content=buffer2f4e0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #business #markets #jgb #boj #nipponlife #daiichilife #meijiyasudalife