TOKYO: Japan’s Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance (MSI) said on Tuesday it has agreed to buy Britain’s Amlin, becoming the latest Japanese insurer to launch an overseas acquisition as it faces slowing growth at home.

The 3.47 billion pound ($5.3 billion) all-cash deal was expected to be completed by the end of March 2016, the Japanese insurer said.

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