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Sompo Japan unveils Thai weather insurance

26 January 2010

Sompo Japan Insurance (Thailand) is to start selling weather index insurance to rice farmers in northern Thailand.

Sompo Japan Insurance (Thailand) is to start selling weather index insurance to rice farmers in northern...

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