NU Online News Service, June 12, 1:25 p.m. – Insurance in force at Japan's 44 life insurers fell 2.1% to 1.31 quadrillion yen last year in a year-on-year comparison, reports Nikkei Interactive, a news portal run by Nihon Keizei, Japan's major business daily.
Japanese life insurers' policyholdings have been falling for four consecutive years since 1996 when it reached about 1.58 quadrillion yen.