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Moody's changes Japan life insurance industry outlook to negative from stable

Tokyo, December 05, 2016-- Moody's Japan K.K. has changed the outlook for the life insurance industry in Japan to negative from stable. The change in outlook reflects Moody's expectation that the industry's credit profile over the next 12-18 months will be pressured by a persistent ultralow interest rate environment, following the introduction of a negative interest rate policy by the Bank of Japan in February 2016.. While Japanese insurers have a long history of adapting to low...
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