Insurance Brokers

Deals: Miller Buys Lead Insurance Services

Latest deal for Miller; Miller, the independent specialist (re)insurance broker, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Lead Insurance Services Limited (‘Lead’). Lead is based in Tokyo, Japan, and the acquisition cements a longstanding relationship […]

Global insurance trends

Strong Demand For Life Cover in Asia, Says GlobalData

The latest from GlobalData; Asia-Pacific’s life insurance industry recorded 7% growth in 2021, the highest since 2016, due to increased insurance awareness as macroeconomic imbalances highlighted the importance of financial security in the wake of […]

Global insurance trends

Green Energy: Japanese Consortium Plans Offshore Wind Turbines

Some might say wind farms moored offshore, in a part of the world where tectonic plate activity is high, is a bold strategy. But as we aren’t geologists here at IE, we don’t have an […]

Global insurance trends

GlobalData Takes a Look at Car Insurance Market in Japan

In a highly concentrated Japanese general insurance market, insurers are changing their focus towards property and specialty lines due to decline in motor insurance premiums, finds GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Swarup Kumar […]

Insurance Regulation

Japanese Companies Set Up Biomass Aviation Fuel Project

JERA in Japan has been selected by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (“NEDO”), following its call for participation in its “Biojet Fuel Production Technology Development Project,” to conduct a joint study in […]

Global insurance trends

JERA Predicting High Electricity Demand in Japan This Summer

With the Olympics happening, there is likely to be extra load on the system, here’s the official press info from JERA; JERA Co., Inc. (“JERA”) has, based on this summer’s electricity supply and demand outlook, […]