Dai-ichi Life

Dai-Ichi Life Holdings Co., Ltd. (第一生命ホールディングス株式会社, Dai-ichi Seimei Hōrudingusu Kabushiki-gaisha), or Dai-ichi Life for short, is the third-largest life insurer in Japan by revenue, behind Japan Post Insurance and Nippon Life.

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Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc.

Headquarters at the Dai-ichi Life Hibiya First
Native name	第一生命ホールディングス株式会社
Romanized name	Dai-ichi Seimei Hōrudingusu Kabushiki-gaisha
Formerly	The Dai-Ichi Life Insurance Company (1902-2010) The Dai-Ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited (2010-2016)
Company type	Public
Traded as	TYO: 8750 TOPIX Large 70 Component (Dai-ichi Life Holdings)
Founded	September 15, 1902; 123 years ago (1902-09-15)
Founder	Tsuneta Yano
Headquarters	Dai-ichi Life Hibiya First, Yurakucho, Chiyoda, Tokyo , Japan
Products	Insurance
Revenue	5.28 trillion yen (FY 2013)
Net income	32.4 billion yen (FY 2013)
Total assets	$346.9 billion (2015),^[1] Solvency ratio: 763.8%
Total equity	1.64 trillion yen (March 2013)
Number of employees	61,335 (2013)
Subsidiaries	The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Dai-Ichi Frontier Neo-First Life Insurance iPet Dai-ichi Small Amount and Short-term
Website	www.dai-ichi-life-hd.com

Founded on September 15, 1902, Dai-Ichi was one of the oldest mutual insurance companies in Japan until a motion to demutualise was passed in 2009 and, on April 1, 2010, it listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, raising 1.01 trillion yen. As of March 2013, it had the most assets of any listed company in Japan with a total of 33 trillion yen on its stand-alone balance sheet, more than twice the total assets of #2-ranked Tokyo Electric Power Company.^[2]

It was announced in October 2014 that Dai-ichi would raise US$1 billion by issuing US-dollar-denominated subordinated bonds in overseas markets.^[3]

It is also the largest single shareholder of the Tokyu Corporation, holding 6.35% of all issued stock.

History

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1902 - Founded by a statistician and the Earl Yanagisawa Yasutoshi, Ohashi Shintaro, the President of the Hakubunkan, and the Lieutenant Hamaguchi Kichibe, supported by an insurance doctor Yano Kota.
1937 - After Marco Polo Bridge Incident in July which the Major general Masakazu Kawabe and the Colonel Renya Mutaguchi led the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ministry of Commerce and Industry and Ministry of Colonial Affairs issued Manturia Insurance Business Act on December 27 and enforced it the next day.^[4]^[5]^[a]
1938 - Taizō Ishizaka, former high-rank officer of Ministry of Communications become the President of Dai-ichi Life and licensed for business in Manchuria.^[7] Tokyo head office relocated to current place, Yurakucho, Hibiya.
1945 - The Tokyo head office was requisitioned as the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (GHQ) government building.
1975 - first overseas representative office is established in New York City.
1977 - begins to sell UU Insurance for the male.
1982 - first European representative office is established in London.
1990 - investment in Lincoln National Life Insurance Company marked the first time a Japanese company participated in capitalizing a leading U.S. insurer.
1993 - completion of the DN Tower 21, a new head office building.
1995 - Great Hanshin earthquake: simplification of claims settlement procedures.
1996 - establishment of the Dai-ichi Property and Casualty Insurance Co., Ltd.
1997 - establishment of Dai-ichi Life Research Institute Inc.
1999 - agreement on total business cooperation with the Industrial Bank of Japan (now Mizuho Financial Group.)
2000 - agreement to form a comprehensive business alliance with Sompo Japan Insurance and Aflac.
2002 - celebration of its 100th anniversary.
2010 - Demutualization and stock listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
2011 - completes take over of ASX listed Tower Australia life insurance company, the wholly owned subsidiary is then renamed TAL
2015 - purchased Protective Life Corporation^[8]

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Dai-ichi Sougo-Kan, in 1921
Tokyo Headquarter Building Built in 1938
Osaka Headquarter Building constructed by Takenaka Corporation in 1953
Kanagawa Branch Building built in 1967
Rebuilt Sogo-kan Building in 1971
Odakyu Dai-ichi Life building built in 1980
Sendai Branch Building built in 1985
Osaka Dai-ichi Life building, built by Takenaka Corporation in 1990
Hibiya Dai-ichi Life First Building, in 1993, constructed by Shimizu Corporation
Umeda Building in 1995
Umeshin Building in 2007 in Osaka
Sogo-kan 110 Tower in 2012 in Tokyo
Participating the project of International Mozarteum Foundation

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