Japanese insurers

Japan’s Meiji Yasuda Life buys 15% of Thai Life

Meiji Yasuda’s purchase of Thai Life shares is the latest in a wave of Japanese purchases in Southeast Asia. The value of Japanese companies’ purchases in the region so far this year total $8.2 billion, already an annual record.

<div style="text-align: left;"> Thai Life has the country's biggest branch network </div>

Alison Tudor-Ackroyd

July 29, 2013

Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance is buying a 15% stake in Thai Life Insurance for about $750 million, the latest in a string of investments in Southeast Asia by Japanese financial institutions looking for growth outside their lacklustre home market.

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