Japan

  • 1990 - GOV (JEC) - Japan's Economic Challenge - Study 
    • [PDF-537p-archive.org, Video?] ->Not on govinfo.org
    • Portfolio Investment
      • Japan's main securities investors are life insurance companies, banks, and other major financial institutions.27 (p197)
    • Japanese foreign investment in the United States has taken two distinct forms: portfolio investments of Japanese life insurance companies and trust banks and direct foreign investment. (p480)
  • 1998 - Brookings - Japan's Financial Problems, by Edward Lincoln - 40p
  • 2002 - SOA - Japanese Life Industry in Transition, by Stephen Conwill, Society of Actuaries - 5p
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  • (p149) - In 1998, the Insurance Policyholders Protection Corporation of Japan, for life insurance, was established to support policyholders, in the event of the failure of life insurance companies, for the transfer of insurance policies, and for the payment of covered claims.
    • All of the life insurance companies in Japan are currently members of this organization.
  • Also in 1998, the Insurance Policyholders Protection Corporation of Japan, for property and casualty insurance, was established.
  • In addition, the Investors Protection Fund was established to protect investors from losses incurred
    due to a failure of a securities firm.

2008 - Group of 30 - The Structure of Financial Supervision Approaches and Challenges in a Global Marketplace - 252p