Bloomberg China’s insurance regulator banned Evergrande Life Insurance Co. from stock investments for one year, stepping up its crackdown on the industry’s most “radical” investors in a bid to rein in risks. The China Insurance Regulatory Commission also lowered Evergrande Life’s ceiling on equity holdings to 20 percent of assets, from a 30 percent requirement, and barred two executives ...

  Bloomberg Aflac Inc., the largest seller of supplemental health insurance, has started betting on infrastructure debt at its US and Japan businesses. The insurer, which pushed into that asset class in the fourth quarter, invested $13 million in the debt last year at its Japan operation and $2 million at its US business, according to a regulatory filing. Aflac ...

  Bloomberg ANA Holdings Inc.’s board is considering increasing its stake to a majority holding in Peach Aviation Ltd., a move that would give Japan’s largest airline a bigger foothold in the budget travel market. ANA plans to spend about 100 billion yen ($887 million) to boost its stake to more than 50 percent from about 39 percent, making budget ...