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Summary: Japan's Prudential Life to repay customers affected by staff misconduct NHK

- Prudential Life Insurance is investigating employee misconduct involving financial fraud and compensating affected customers.
- Over 100 employees defrauded customers of roughly $20 million by selling unauthorized products.
- The company will reform its performance-based pay system and strengthen oversight to prevent future misconduct.

A: Hey! Did you hear about Prudential Life Insurance? It's all over the news!

B: No way! What’s going on?

A: Apparently, a lot of their employees, both past and present, were doing some really bad stuff. Financial misconduct, you know?

B: Seriously? Wow. How bad?

A: Pretty bad! They’re saying over 100 people were involved. They sold products that weren’t even from Prudential and basically scammed customers.

A: They made about 20 million dollars! It’s crazy.

B: That’s a huge amount! Did the company say anything?

A: Yeah, the president, Mabara Kan, apologized. He said they'll pay back all the money people lost.

B: Really? Even if the employees are no longer with the company?

A: That's what he said! They’re setting up a special panel of experts to review all the cases. Even cases they previously said didn’t need compensation.

B: So, what made them do it?

A: Apparently, their system rewarded employees based on sales. They linked pay to performance too much.

A: They used the money for, like, fancy cars and watches!

B: Ugh, so unfair! What are they doing about it now?

A: They’re changing the system, improving how they manage people, and trying to make the company culture better. They want to make sure this doesn't happen again.
Summary
Prudential Life Insurance is investigating employee misconduct involving $20M in financial fraud. Over 100 employees sold unauthorized products; the company will compensate customers & reform its performance-based pay system. #insurancefraud #prudential
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ID: 9ebc4546-d83c-4084-9608-abf138704893

Category ID: listed_summary

URL: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20260123_18/#summary

Date: Jan. 23, 2026

Notes: NHK News Summary - 2026-01-23

Created: 2026/01/24 02:40

Updated: 2026/01/24 09:06

Last Read: 2026/01/24 09:06

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