Nippon Life Insurance Company

Infobox_Company
company_name = Nippon Life Insurance
company_
company_type = Mutual insurance
company_slogan =
location_city = Osaka
location_country = JPN
foundation = July 4, 1889
industry = Financial institution,Insurance: Life & Health
Main_products = Life insurance
revenue = profit

$41.242 Billion USD (2006)
net_income = profit

$4.193 Billion USD (2006)
num_employees = 66,437 (2006)
key_people = Kunie Okamoto (CEO)
homepage = [http://www.nissay.co.jp/english/index.html Nippon Life Insurance Company (en)] Nihongo|Nippon Life Insurance Company|日本生命保険相互会社|Nihon Seimei Hoken Sōgo-gaisha, also known as Nihongo|Nissay|ニッセイ|Nissei or Nihongo|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. [cite web | title = 2006 Annual Report, Chapter 4 | publisher = Nippon Life Insurance Company | url = http://www.nissay.co.jp/english/pdf/ar2006_5.pdf | format = pdf | accessdate = 2007-01-08 ]

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) [http://www.nissay.co.jp/kaisya/gyouseki/zaimu/taisyaku.html]

(From References)

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

Headquarters

*3-5-12, Imabashi, Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan

References

External links

* [http://www.nissay.co.jp/ Company website] (in Japanese)
* [http://www.nissay.co.jp/english/ Company website] (in English)