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Sompo faces executive shake-up after fraud hits motor outsourcing partner
23 January 2024Multiple Japanese motor insurers used Bigmotor for claims repairs
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Japan's slow road to sustainability
04 January 2024There is certainly a will to move towards sustainability in Japan. But with the country so reliant on fossil fuels for its energy, it could be a lengthy transition. Sarfraz Thind reports
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IAIS 2023: Ariizumi and Saporta talk ICS, AI and climate
14 November 2023The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) has seen a change at the top with Japan's Shigeru Ariizumi replacing Vicky Saporta as executive committee chair. The two gave an interview to Sarfraz Thind at the organisation's annual conference in Tokyo
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Japan steps forward with ICS-based capital framework
20 July 2022Japan is midway through development of a new capital framework that takes its lead from the Insurance Capital Standard. This should make it a beacon for international prudential rules, as the FSA's Shigeru Ariizumi explains to Sarfraz Thind
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Global capital requirement for climate risks is crucial for transition
29 June 2022Japanese regulator recommends framing global warming as "a time bomb" to spur action
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IAIS 2022: bringing the party back to insurance
28 June 2022June's meeting of international regulators was a sunny affair in an idyllic setting. Even the ever-lurking shadow of the ICS couldn't spoil the party after two years of isolation. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Tokio Marine joins Net-Zero Insurance Alliance
19 January 2022Physical risks from warming a "prudential issue" for Asia's regulators, says Japan's FSA
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Japan's reinsurance equivalence with EU to expire at year-end
22 December 2020Plans to reform Japanese solvency regime delayed by Insurance Capital Standard
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Japan regulator reveals insurers' JPY 32trn Libor challenge
16 March 2020All but JPY 6 trn of underwriters' asset and investment exposure runs through 2021
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IAIS gives ground in roadmap for global capital standards
02 November 2017IAIS published plan to create "common language" for group solvency from Malaysian meeting
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