Japan life insurers build foreign assets, talent
The likes of Dai-ichi Life and Nippon Life are expanding their overseas investment allocations and expertise, at a time when it is harder than ever for them to match assets to liabilities.

Portfolio management is proving particularly difficult for Japan's huge life insurance firms right now. They must maintain sufficient duration in their portfolio and avoid asset-liability mismatches while at the same time seeking to obtain higher yields.
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