Granting combatant status also would guarantee that beneficiaries of military service members killed in the attack can receive the maximum life insurance benefit, according to Carter's office.

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Just like when someone buys a life insurance policy the customer service is handled by the home office in Omaha or somewhere like that.

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Theoretically, Japan has enough savings to do this but in practice the savings don't get intermediated through the banking and life insurance companies and the trust fund bureau and the post office savings account in sufficient quantities to buy these bonds.

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Last year the finance director of mid-sized Yamato Mutual Life Insurance hired U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs to undertake the securitization of its 26-story main office in downtown Tokyo.

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