Japanese insurers are playing with fire

Ian Brimecome, the most senior foreigner in the Japanese insurance industry, calls time on peers’ reckless foreign forays.
November 29, 2016

Hired hand turned inside man, Ian Brimecome has seen what happens when Japanese insurance companies start making risky investments: bankruptcies.

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