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TOKYO, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co (TSE:8755) reported Wednesday that it sustained a parent-company net loss of 23 billion yen ($US188.56 million) for the fiscal first half ended September 30.
Yasuda Fire had initially projected a net profit of 10.5 billion yen, but it booked an unexpected securities valuation loss of 65.6 billion yen due to a downturn in the stock markets and the fact that it applied asset impairment accounting standards quite strictly.
For the full fiscal year, Yasuda Fire now forecasts that it will swing to a net loss of 25 billion yen, down from its initial forecast of a 16.5 billion yen profit. The projected loss would mark the first full-year net loss for any listed nonlife insurance company, except for a period of instability immediately following World War II.
Even so, Yasuda Fire plans to pay a per share dividend of ...
Source: HighBeam Research, JAPAN'S YASUDA FIRE POSTS US$188.56 MLN H1 NET LOSS.