Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. said Monday it distributed misleading advertising in the early 1990s, causing some buyers of its savings-type policies to believe they would get higher returns than were available.
The announcement, based on internal findings, said Sompo Japan’s ads left out the fact that the return to be received when policies were due would depend on prevailing interest rates.
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