Reinsurance News
28th June 2019
MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. has expanded its strategic relationship with Australian life & annuities specialist Challenger through a quota share reinsurance arrangement of US dollar denominated annuities. Challenger has announced that it's received all necessary regulatory approvals and has implemented the operational requirements in order to commence US dollar annuity ... Read the full article
4th July 2018
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. (MSI), a member of MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, has announced that its subsidiary, MSI Company (Europe) (MSIEU), has concluded its strategic alliance agreements to provide reinsurance capacity for ICEA Lion General Insurance Company in Kenya and International Commercial and Engineering Seguros (ICE) in Mozambique. As part of ... Read the full article
23rd May 2018
MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. subsidiary, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company (MSI), Limited, has signed an agreement to acquire Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited's (CMLA) 37.5% stake in Chinese life insurer, BoCommLife Insurance Company Limited. CMLA, a subsidiary of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, is to sell its 37.5% stake in ... Read the full article
24th January 2018
Japanese insurance holding company MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc (MS&AD) has made its first investment commitments to buy in global reinsurance firm Swiss Re's UK closed life book consolidator ReAssure. A deal was announced in October that would see MS&AD making investments into the equity of ReAssure, across up to a ... Read the full article
1st November 2017
MS&AD Insurance Group Japanese subsidiary Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance, (ADI), has revealed plans to restructure the firm's Europe operations, opening a new UK branch and shifting business to Luxembourg to ensure post-Brexit continuity of its European automobile insurance-centred business. UK - based subsidiary Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Company of Europe (ADE), the European subsidiary ... Read the full article
24th October 2017
Japanese insurers Tokio Marine Holdings, MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc, and Sompo Holdings are estimating a combined payout of almost $2.5 billion in claims related to hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, and the Mexico earthquakes. The events make it one of the costliest year's for Japanese insurers since the Thai floods in 2011, ... Read the full article
6th October 2017
MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc., the parent of a range of re/insurers including Mitsui Sumitomo and MS Amlin, expects its losses from third-quarter hurricanes and earthquakes could reach as much as $975 million. MS&AD gives a significant range in possible group losses, from around 70 billion yen ($620m) to 110 billion ... Read the full article
6th October 2017
Global reinsurance giant Swiss Re is set to take an £800 million investment from Japanese insurance holding company MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc (MS&AD) into ReAssure, its UK closed life book consolidator. MS&AD will purchase a 5% stake in ReAssure for £175 million, through an investment in ReAssure Jersey One Limited, ... Read the full article
16th August 2017
Japanese insurance group MS&AD Insurance Holdings, the parent of the Mitsui Sumitomo insurance entities, has bought a stake in an Australian life and annuities specialist as it looks for further diversification. Japanese insurance groups have been investing in operations around the globe as they look to diversify their businesses away from ... Read the full article
