Foreign currency–denominated life insurance calls for the use of a foreign currency (e.g., U.S. dollars, Euros, Australian dollars) to pay insurance premiums and the use of a foreign currency to pay insurance benefits and reimbursements upon policy cancellations. A portion of such life insurance products as whole life insurance, endowment insurance, and fixed / variable individual annuities is sold as foreign currency–denominated products. When the foreign currency benefits from such products are converted into yen, they will be affected by foreign exchange rate fluctuations; so, there is a possibility that the yen-denominated benefits could end up being lower than the yen-denominated value of the premiums paid. The impact of foreign exchange rate fluctuations is referred to as “foreign exchange risk (foreign exchange rate fluctuation risk),” and policyholders and beneficiaries of foreign currency–denominated policies are exposed to those risks.