Nippon Life

Nippon Life Insurance Company
Type Mutual insurance
Industry Financial institution, Insurance: Life & Health
Founded July 4, 1889
Headquarters 5-12 Imabashi Sanchōme, Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan
Key people Kunie Okamoto (CEO)
Revenue ¥6,646,851 million (FY 2010)
Net income ¥231,782 million (FY 2010)
Employees 70,002 (2011)
Website Nippon Life Insurance Company (en)

Nippon Life Insurance Company (日本生命保険相互会社 Nihon Seimei Hoken Sōgo-gaisha?), also known as Nissay (ニッセイ Nissei?) or Nihon Seimei (日本生命?) is the second largest Japanese life insurance company behind Japan Post Insurance Co., Ltd. The company was founded in 1889 as the Nippon Life Assurance Co., Inc. In structure it is a mutual company. It first paid policyholder dividends in 1898.[1]

Contents

Overview

It sponsors the Women's Meijin, a Go competition.

Headquarters

References

  1. ^ "2006 Annual Report, Chapter 4" (pdf). Nippon Life Insurance Company. http://www.nissay.co.jp/english/pdf/ar2006_5.pdf. Retrieved 2007-01-08. 

External links

Osaka portal
Companies portal