Japanese life insurers could face unexpected capital pressures if their offshore reinsurance partners encounter financial ...

Japan’s major life insurers are split on increasing domestic government bond holdings as rising yields make Japanese debt ...

TOKYO, May 2 (Reuters) - Many Japanese life insurers, major investors in global bonds, plan to reduce currency hedging amid the yen's slump, as well as investing more in superlong-dated domestic debt.

Japanese life insurers have cut currency hedging by the most in more than a decade, signaling receding concern of a rebound in the yen that would wipe out returns from overseas assets. Derivatives ...

Heightened volatility and low liquidity are deterring Japanese life insurers from buying more of the nation’s sovereign bonds, increasing upward pressure on yields. The caution from this key group of ...