The Financial Services Agency presented a draft bill Tuesday to the Liberal Democratic Party that would enable troubled life insurers to lower promised yields on insurance contracts.
The presentation was made despite strong opposition from the agency's own advisory council.
LDP policymakers remained split over the draft but supporters outnumbered detractors, said Tatsuo Sato, head of the panel on insurance affairs, without specifying the numbers.
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