Meiji Yasuda Life

Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company
明治安田生命保険相互会社

Romanized name	Meiji Yasuda Seimei Hoken Sōgo Kaisha
Type	Mutual
Industry	Insurance
Founded	1881 as Yasuda Life 2004 merger
Founder	Zenjiro Yasuda
Headquarters	Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Area served	Japan
Key people	Nobuya Suzuki (Chairman)
Total assets	¥36,281.1 billion
Number of employees	41,536
Website	meijiyasuda.co.jp

Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company (明治安田生命保険相互会社, Meiji Yasuda Seimei Hoken Sōgo Kaisha) is a Japanese life insurance company, headquartered in Tokyo and created in 2004 from the merger of Meiji Life and Yasuda Life. The company is one of the oldest and largest insurers in Japan. Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company is a member of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFJ) keiretsu.

History

In 1881, entrepreneur Zenjiro Yasuda founded the Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Company, making it part of the Yasuda zaibatsu.

On January 1, 2004, Meiji Mutual Life Insurance Company and Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Company merged to create the Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company.

External links

Company website (in Japanese)
Company website (in English)
Fitch Affirms Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance

Major insurance and reinsurance companies

Insurance

Composite	Aegon Ageas AIG Allianz Allstate Aon Aviva AXA China Pacific Insurance China Taiping Generali ING Japan Post Insurance National Mutual Insurance Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives Ping An Insurance Prudential plc PZU State Farm Insurance The Hartford Unipol UnipolSai Vienna Insurance Group Zurich Insurance Group Farmers Insurance Group

General insurance	Berkshire Hathaway BNP Paribas Bradesco Seguros Direct Line Group Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance If P&C Insurance Insurance Australia Group Liberty Mutual Mapfre MS&AD Insurance Group PICC QBE Insurance RSA Insurance Group Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Sompo Japan Tokio Marine Travelers XL Group

Life insurance	AIA Bupa China Life CNP Assurances Dai-ichi Life Great Eastern Jackson Legal & General LIC India Lincoln Manulife Financial Meiji Yasuda Life MetLife New York Life Nippon Life Northwestern Mutual Old Mutual Phoenix Group Prudential Financial Samsung Life Scottish Widows Standard Life Sumitomo Life Sun Life Swiss Life Taikang Life

Reinsurance

Methodology: Applicable FY2013/14 revenues of over US$3 billion

Members of Mitsubishi Public Affairs Committee

Members of Mitsubishi Kinyokai are bolded.

Foods and beverages	Kirin Holdings

Pulp, papers and fibers	Mitsubishi Paper Mills Mitsubishi Rayon

Construction	P.S. Mitsubishi Construction

Chemicals	Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Mitsubishi Chemical Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Mitsubishi Plastics Dai Nippon Toryo

Glass and ceramics	Asahi Glass

Petroleum and nuclear power	Nippon Oil Group Nippon Oil Mitsubishi Nuclear Fuel

Steel	Mitsubishi Steel Mfg

Non-ferrous metals	Mitsubishi Materials Mitsubishi Aluminum Mitsubishi Cable Industries

Machinery	Mitsubishi Kakoki Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Caterpillar Japan Toyo Engineering Works

Automobiles	Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus

Electrical equipment	Mitsubishi Electric

Precision equipment	Nikon Mitsubishi Precision

Trading	Mitsubishi Corporation Astomos Energy Ryoshoku

Finance	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation Mitsubishi Auto Leasing Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance

Insurance	Tokio Marine Holdings Tokio Marine Nichido Meiji Yasuda Life

Real estate	Mitsubishi Estate

Transport and warehousing	Mitsubishi Logistics Nippon Yusen Mitsubishi Ore Transport

Information and communication	Mitsubishi Research Institute Mitsubishi Space Software IT Frontier

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