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Meiji Yasuda Group Completes $2.3 Billion Acquisition of Banner Life, William Penn Unit

Meiji Yasuda Group has completed its $2.3 billion acquisition of Banner Life Insurance Co. and William Penn Life Insurance Co. of New York, a deal that includes the U.S. term life and pension risk . . .

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