Life insurers fail to pay 86.2 bil. yen in insurance benefits

Life insurers fail to pay 86.2 bil. yen in insurance benefits

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Life Insurance Co. President Kunie Okamoto (2nd R) and other senior executives of the life insurer bow in apology at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 5 after it was revealed that Nippon Life and other life insurance companies in Japan have failed to pay 86.2 billion yen in insurance benefits and other due payments to their customers in the five years from fiscal 2001.

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