Life insurance companies in Asia being snatched up by Japan

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Wealthy Japanese financial firms are setting their sights on the Southeast and are purchasing heavily. The latest trend in the life insurance industry is in Southeast Asia, where Japanese companies have already spent $6.6 billion this year – much of it in that sector – as they purchase one firm after the next. The latest reports have indicated that another massive acquisition of this nature is about to be made. These reports are indicating that Meiji Yasuda is looking into making an offer of $700 million for Thai Life insurance,…

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Life insurance leader in the Philippines market declared

Life insurance market leader

A Canadian company has established dominance over the marketplace in the Asia Pacific country. It has just been announced that Sun Life of Canada (Philippines), has now been named the leading life insurance company in the market in the Philippines for the second year in a row. This ranking was based on premium income that was brought in through the sector in 2012. This official ranking for the local life insurance market was released by the Insurance Commission (IC), and confirmed that the insurer was still at the top of…

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