Mega deals and IPOs are shaking up the global insurance industry in 2018. The Forbes Global 2000 ranking is based on a composite score from equally-weighted measures of revenue, profits, assets and market value. Japan Post Holdings, which has struggled with profits, dropped off the top 10 insurer list, from #5 in 2017, to #29 this year (falling from #45 to #319 on the overall Global 2000 ranking). Rising interest rates; increased geopolitical risk; and how U.S.-based insurers deploy any extra money they have from tax savings. For more coverage of the Forbes Global 2000 ranking of the world’s largest public companies, see below:Forbes' Full List Of The Global 2000Global 2000: The World's Largest Public Companies 2018

Source: Forbes June 06, 2018 21:45 UTC