Tokio Marine Group News

Tokio Marine to Buy High Net Worth Insurer Pure for $3.1 Billion

Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. has agreed to buy U.S. high net worth insurer Privilege Underwriters Inc. and its specialty insurance subsidiaries, known as Pure Group, for $3.1 billion (approximately JPY 325.5B). Tokio Marine will acquire 100% of Privilege Underwriters Inc.’s …

Japanese Typhoons Put Downward Pressure on Creditworthiness of Insurers: S&P

The recent run of large natural disasters to hit Japan likely has put downward pressure on the creditworthiness of the nation’s three largest non-life insurance groups, according to S&P Global Ratings in a market briefing. Following July’s heavy rains, Typhoon …

Ruoff Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Tokio Millennium Re

Stephan Ruoff has been appointed chief executive officer of Tokio Millennium Re AG (TMR), a Zurich-based subsidiary of Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. Ruoff has worked with TMR, a global multi-line reinsurer fully backed by the Tokio …