Sumitomo Life Insurance is considering allocating about ¥300 billion on private credit in the fiscal year starting April, in the latest push by a Japanese financial firm into alternative assets to boost returns. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/03/18/companies/sumitomo-life-private-credit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #sumitomolife #insurance #investments

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

Sumitomo Life Insurance will consider using digital technologies including generative artificial intelligence to support its sales agents, the company's president says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/19/companies/sumitomo-life-ai-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #sumitomolife #lifeinsurance #ai #us

Sumitomo Life Insurance is taking an unusual step to avoid writing down losses on its debt assets, promising to never sell them while they are in the red. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/03/companies/sumitomo-life-jgb-losses/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #sumitomolife #jgb #lifeinsurance