Japan insurers enter Myanmar in joint-venture frenzy

Foreign companies rush to claim share after opening of underinsured market

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Grand Guardian Insurance's Yangon office. The local insurer is forming joint ventures with both Tokio Marine Holdings and Nippon Life Insurance. (Photo by Yuichi Nitta)

SHUNSUKE USHIGOME, YUKI NAKAMURA and YUICHI NITTA, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO/YANGON -- Five Japanese insurers have teamed up with local players to enter Myanmar's fledgling insurance market, looking to provide such products as annuities and automobile policies to a largely uninsured population.

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