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Nippon Life Insurance's Uno wins world industry prize

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Nippon Life Insurance Co. Executive Adviser Ikuo Uno (R) receives the 2012 Insurance Hall of Fame award in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 18, 2012, for making a "lasting contribution to the insurance industry."

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Okamoto to head Nippon Life from April

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Life Insurance Co. said Feb. 7 that Senior Managing Director Kunie Okamoto (R) will become its president on April 1, succeeding Ikuo Uno (L). Japan's largest life insurer said Uno will assume the chairmanship with the right to represent the company.

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Life insurer body rules out simultaneous guaranteed yield cuts

TOKYO, Japan - Ikuo Uno, chairman of the Life Insurance Association of Japan, speaks at a press conference at the Bank of Japan's head office in Tokyo on June 15. He ruled out the possibility of all insurers conducting simultaneous cuts to guaranteed yields they promised to earn in soliciting policyholders.

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Top insurer voices support for treasury stock system

TOKYO, Japan - Ikuo Uno, chairman of the Life Insurance Association of Japan, speaks at a news conference at the Bank of Japan on Jan. 19. He voiced support for easing restrictions on company share buybacks to allow companies to buy and hold their own shares as treasury stock a way to prop up weak stock prices.

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Okamoto to head Nippon Life from April

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Life Insurance Co. said Feb. 7 that Senior Managing Director Kunie Okamoto (R) will become its president on April 1, succeeding Ikuo Uno (L). Japan's largest life insurer said Uno will assume the chairmanship with the right to represent the company. (Kyodo)

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Life insurer body rules out simultaneous guaranteed yield cuts

TOKYO, Japan - Ikuo Uno, chairman of the Life Insurance Association of Japan, speaks at a press conference at the Bank of Japan's head office in Tokyo on June 15. He ruled out the possibility of all insurers conducting simultaneous cuts to guaranteed yields they promised to earn in soliciting policyholders.

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Top insurer voices support for treasury stock system

TOKYO, Japan - Ikuo Uno, chairman of the Life Insurance Association of Japan, speaks at a news conference at the Bank of Japan on Jan. 19. He voiced support for easing restrictions on company share buybacks to allow companies to buy and hold their own shares as treasury stock a way to prop up weak stock prices.