Sompo to Get Business Improvement Order Over Bigmotor: Nikkei

Jan. 15, 2024, 1:12 PM UTC

Japan’s Financial Services Agency has decided to issue a business improvement order to Sompo Japan Insurance and its parent Sompo Holdings over fraudulent claims by used-car dealer Bigmotor, Nikkei reports, without attribution.

  • FSA determined there were deficiencies in management systems; seen formally deciding on punishment by the end of Jan.
  • Sompo Japan couldn’t be contacted outside business hours; Bloomberg News was unable to obtain a comment from the FSA
  • Related Story: Japan Penalizes Biggest Property Insurers for Price Fixing (2)

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Takako Taniguchi in Tokyo at ttaniguchi4@bloomberg.net;
Gareth Allan in Tokyo at gallan11@bloomberg.net ...

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