Japan's Dai-ichi Life wants to maximize advantages of being listed: CEO

Nation's only big listed insurer keeps unsolicited bids on table in growth plan

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Dai-ichi Life Holdings President Tetsuya Kikuta spoke with Nikkei about the insurer's growth and capital strategy. (Photo by Akikazu Ishii)

OKI HIDAKA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- More unsolicited acquisitions are an option for Dai-ichi Life Holdings as it pursues growth beyond the Japanese insurance market, CEO Tetsuya Kikuta told Nikkei.

Dai-ichi Life is the only one of Japan's four big life insurers to trade on a stock exchange. "We will pursue the advantages of being in capital markets as a listed company to the fullest extent," Kikuta said.

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