Asset-intensive reinsurance

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RGA signs block coinsurance deals with Sumitomo Life and Anshin Life in Japan

Sumitomo Life turns to reinsurance for the first time as insurers across Asia move in-force blocks off their books.

Japan's FSA finalises tighter rules on asset-intensive reinsurance

Insurers face broader expectations on stress testing, collateral quality, recapture planning and reinsurer due diligence under the revised guidelines, which apply from July 1.

Pacific Life Re inks third asset-intensive reinsurance deal with Tokio Marine & Nichido Life

Third transaction with Japanese life insurer underscores Pacific Life Re’s growing role in the country’s AIR market.

Japan FSA proposes tighter checks on life reinsurance deals

The draft guidance proposes stress tests for asset-intensive reinsurance deals, including recapture events and multiple reinsurer failures, to assess impacts on solvency and reserves.

Singapore, Australia show systemic risk progress, but IAIS flags liquidity disclosure gaps across markets

The IAIS's multi-year assessment of 16 jurisdictions finds resolution tools underdeveloped and liquidity stress-testing requirements uneven, even as macroprudential supervision matures.

Japan’s economic solvency shift exposes gaps among smaller players

Japan’s move to market-consistent solvency reporting will bring new pressures on capital adequacy and risk management.

Regulators sharpen focus on growing asset-intensive reinsurance market

As AIR volume and complexity surge, insurers face rising scrutiny over collateral, counterparty and recapture risks.

APAC insurance outlook: Geopolitical unrest, technology to shape 2026

Maduro's capture sets the stage for a potentially turbulent 2026, in which insures will juggle geopolitical shifts, technology-linked challenges, and new regulatory frameworks.

2025: Year in Review

This year has been marked by cautious optimism – though geopolitical uncertainty, nat cat worries, and falling rates created challenges.

Supervisors flag climate, private assets and fragmentation as core tests for insurers at AIF 2025

Climate risk, geo-economic fragmentation and asset-intensive strategies are emerging as the new fault lines for oversight, though the global sector remains resilient with risks still below those in ba...

Reinsurance sidecars, hybrid models, and diversification define APAC insurers’ 2025 capital playbook

BlackRock survey finds APAC firms embracing capital-management innovation to boost resilience in a high-rate, high-risk world.

Japan insurer overseas M&A boom set to continue

Limited domestic growth prospects and strong capital levels means no end in sight to Japanese insurers $20bn international shopping spree.

Asia A.I.R. deals rise as reinsurers face ‘end in sight’ for US and UK markets

With six of the ten largest life insurers globally, Asia offers reinsurers the chance to strike new asset intensive reinsurance deals before the pipeline in mature markets starts to dry-up.

Global reinsurers sense opportunity in Asian life backbook market

Multibillion dollar deals in Japan and Hong Kong could herald the emergence of a market to rival the US and Europe.