Insurance

City-Yuwa Partners advises domestic/foreign insurance companies, insurance agents and insurance brokers on a wide range of issues in relation to insurance business.

City-Yuwa has broad experience in various aspects of insurance business, including:

  • Advising clients on various regulatory issues under Insurance Business Law of Japan including compliance with regulations on insurance solicitations, captive insurance, re-insurance, compliance with anti-money laundering regulations;
  • Advising and representing clients in filing proceedings for permission or license for launching new business or new products;
  • Acting as a legal advisor for the Life Insurance Association of Japan with regard to handling complaints relating to protection of personal information;
  • Advising clients on structuring of insurance risk derivatives subject to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan;
  • Advising clients on political risk insurance and credit risk insurance for foreign project finance matters;
  • Advising clients on divestment of insurance business in Japan, restructuring of insurance group business, and participation in foreign insurance business;
  • Acting as a member of mediation review panel of the General Insurance Association of Japan;
  • Acting as an attorney in charge of consultation at the Japan Center for Settlement of Traffic Accident Disputes.

Topics

  • January 26, 2010 - Haruyuki Hirata and Izumi Nakayama gave lectures on the subject of "Act on Protection of Private Information" at a seminar held by The Life Insurance Association of Japan.
  • March 11, 2009 - Izumi Nakayama gave a lecture on "Act on the Protection of Personal Information" at the seminar held by The General Insurance Association of Japan.
  • March 6, 2009 - Yasuyuki Kuribayashi gave a lecture on "The Amendment to Insurance Business Law, and Actions to be taken by Insurance Companies" at the seminar held by Banking & Securities Research Co., Ltd.

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