December 15, 2000
Japan’s Financial Reconstruction Commission approved the license application of Hartford Life Ins. Co. KK, The Hartford’s Japanese subsidiary, to sell variable annuities. Hartford immediately announced that effective today Nikko Securities, Japan’s second largest securities firm, would begin offering its annuity …
December 14, 2000
A new Swiss Re Sigma study gives an in depth look at the global insurance market based on 1999 premium figures from 134 countries. The industry, paced by booming life insurance sales, posted a 4.5 percent gain last year. “Worldwide …
December 13, 2000
According to the Kyodo news agency, Japan’s largest general insurer, Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., will begin offering an insurance product in January to women who are the victims “stalking.” The coverage will be available through an alliance with …
December 11, 2000
Late nights with the new baby have given me time to do some online “window shopping.” And being the high-tech geek that I am, I’ve put together my own little holiday list of items: • Handspring’s Visor Prism I know …
November 30, 2000
Henri de Castries, who succeeded the legendary Claude Bébéar as head of AXA last May, told the French financial newspaper Les Echos that the company’s primary focus is on growth in the financial service sector for both companies and individuals …
November 17, 2000
Menlo Park based, Risk Management Solutions (RMS) and its Japanese partner OYO Corporation announced that their joint venture, OYO RMS, has completed “a detailed natural hazard risk analysis for the National Mutual Insurance Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives (Zenkyoren), which manages …
November 14, 2000
Swiss Re’s new Sigma 8/2000 report, “Japan’s Insurance MarketsA Sea Change,” examines the industry in depth and discusses the uncertainties and the future outlook. “Financial market deregulation, globalisation and the e-revolution are rapidly reshaping the competitive landscape of Japan’s USD …
November 8, 2000
In a controversial move Hideyuki Aizawa, the head of Japan’s Financial Reconstruction Commission, which is trying to straighten out the country’s financial problems, highlighted by the recent failure of two large life insurers, asked the Financial Services Agency, which regulates …
November 3, 2000
Another round of consolidation is shaping up in the Japanese insurance industry with the announcement that Yasuda Fire & Marine Ins. Co., Nissan Fire & Marine Ins. Co. and Taisei Fire & Marine Ins. Co. are holding talks aimed at …
October 31, 2000
Irvine, Calif.-based Autobytel.com Inc. announced it had formed partnerships with EyeVelocity, Source One Marketing, and automotive aftermarket accessory manufacturers LoJack, Katzkin Leather Inc., Saddleman and Steel Horse, to visually integrate the selection of aftermarket products into Autobytel.com’s consumer car-buying process. …