A podcast episode featuring Nippon Life Insurance Company President Asahi Satoshi (朝日智司) has been released. Focusing on addressing local community issues, including eldercare, the episode examines practical issues such as human capital and financial risk.
The program was hosted by Yoshino Naoya (吉野直也) and featured Asahi Satoshi (朝日智司), president of Nippon Life Insurance Company. It introduced the concept of viewing efforts to address challenges facing local communities as a “multifaceted approach to security.” The discussion explored how to respond to local issues, including eldercare, and presented perspectives on the relationship between financial risk and human capital.
Segments covered on the program included the TISFD Secretariat General’s discussion of human capital and human rights disclosure standards (3:06), as well as a blueprint for making measures to address the declining birthrate a growth strategy, titled “Addressing the declining birthrate is itself a growth strategy” (12:07). International developments covered included U.S. defined contribution pension plans, government proposals on private asset management and trends in overseas reinsurance premiums.
The second half of the program covered practical and workforce-related topics, including a return to life insurance sales through sales representatives, growth in premiums from insurance contracts, trends in over-the-counter bank sales and measures to prevent new employees from leaving. The program was distributed through Biz Podcast by Radio NIKKEI, enabling listeners to keep up with the latest information.