Tokio Marine gets green light for talks to buy Malaysia’s RHB Insurance
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Local authorities approve Japanese insurer’s efforts to pursue merger
Tokio Marine collaborated previously with RHB Bank on life insurance sales. (Photo by Kosuke Imamura)
TOKYO — Japanese insurance group Tokio Marine Holdings has received approval from Malaysia’s central bank to begin negotiations for acquiring RHB Insurance, a non-life insurance company under local financial major RHB Bank, Nikkei learned on Tuesday.