Nonlife insurers eye sharing payments for terrorist incidents

Nonlife insurers eye sharing payments for terrorist incidents

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Uemura, chairman of the Marine and Fire Insurance Association of Japan, speaks with the media in Tokyo on march 20. He said the association plans to set up a fund designed to help its member nonlife insurers share payments over incidents linked to terrorism.

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