Nippon Life Insurance

Type	Mutual insurance
Founded	July 4, 1889
Headquarters	5-12 Imabashi 3-chōme, Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan
Key people	Kunie Okamoto (CEO)
Industry	Financial institution,Insurance: Life & Health
Revenue	▲$41.242 Billion USD (2006)
Net income	▲$4.193 Billion USD (2006)
Employees	66,437 (2006)
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]

Headquarters of Nippon Life Insurance Company in Chuo-ku, Osaka.

[edit] Overview

• Number of Employees : 66,437
• Amount of fund contribution : 40,957 billion yen (Over 200 billion US$)
• Total Asset : 432.716 Billion USD (2006)

[1]

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

[edit] Headquarters

• 5-12 Imabashi 3-chōme, Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan

[edit] 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. 

[edit] External links

Osaka portal

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

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