The expansion is expected to support Awbury's growth in Japan's credit and financial risk market while broadening access to locally issued cover for corporates and financial institutions.
The measures are part of a broader effort to strengthen supply-chain resilience as geopolitical risks continue to pressure maritime transport and insurance markets.
A government-backed report points to captives and other alternative risk-transfer mechanisms as insurers grapple with rising catastrophe and cyber exposures.
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Single hyperscale AI campuses can carry total insurable values of US$20bn–50bn, beyond what one insurance placement can absorb, Howden says.
Underwriters are pricing the largest sites...
The exercise aims to help insurers further strengthen cyber risk management frameworks and keep pace with increasingly severe and sophisticated cyber threats.
The trade bodies, whose members represent around US$200bn in gross written premiums, will share evidence on resilience, regulation and extreme weather, alongside emerging risks such as cyber and AI.
The entrance into the cyber segment comes after the non-life insurer’s Japan branch reported premium income of JPY28.9bn (US$183.1m) in 2025, alongside continued expansion of its specialist workforce....
