Nippon Life - Wikipedia

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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 largest Japanese life insurance company by revenue.^[1] 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.^[2]^[3]

Overview

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Nippon Life employs 70,519 employees and has 70,608 billion yen in assets as of 2016.^[4] The company is headquartered in Imabashi Sanchōme, Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. It has a wholly owned subsidiary, Resolution Life, which operates in Southeast Asia and the United States.^[1]

References

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^ ^a ^b Fox, David (2024-12-12). "Nippon Life takes over Bermudian reinsurer". www.royalgazette.com. Retrieved 2025-07-15.
^ "2006 Annual Report, Chapter 4" (PDF). Nippon Life Insurance Company. Retrieved 2007-01-08.
^ Sanjai, P.R.; Bhaskaran, Deepti (December 2, 2015). "Nippon Life to pay Rs2,265 crore to raise stake in Reliance Life to 49%". Live Mint. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
^ "2016 Nissay Annual Report" (PDF).

External links

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Company website (in Japanese)
Company website (in English)

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