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.
Foreign companies rush to claim share after opening of underinsured market
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)
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.