Nippon Life Insurance News

Japan Insurers Eye China Acquisitions in Continuation of Overseas Deal Spree

Japanese insurance companies have spent more than $50 billion on acquisitions over the past five years to become the world’s second-largest buyer of insurance assets, and the deals spree won’t be slowing down any time soon. The cashed-up insurers are …

Nippon Life Agrees to Buy 85% Stake in MassMutual’s Japan Unit for $980M

Nippon Life Insurance Co said on Friday it had agreed to buy an 85 percent stake in the domestic unit of U.S.-based MassMutual Financial Group for about 104.2 billion yen ($980 million) as it aims to boost its bancassurance sales. …

Nippon Life Eyes Buying MassMutual Japan Unit for Bancassurance Sales: Sources

Japan’s biggest private-sector life insurer, Nippon Life Insurance Co., is in talks to buy a majority stake in the domestic unit of U.S.-based MassMutual Financial Group in an attempt to boost its bancassurance sales, two sources said. Bancassurance, in which …

India Moves Closer to Raising Foreign Direct Investment Cap for Insurance

Max India Ltd., the Indian partner of MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc., Japan’s biggest casualty insurer, surged to its highest in a month after a parliament panel recommended the nation increase the cap on foreign investment in the sector. Max, …