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Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company
Native name
明治安田生命保険相互会社
Romanized name
Meiji Yasuda Seimei Hoken Sōgo-gaisha
Company type Mutual insurance
Industry Insurance
Founded1881; 143 years ago (1881) (as Meiji Life)
2004; 20 years ago (2004) (merger)
Founder Yasuda Zenjirō
Headquarters,
Area served
Japan
Key people
Akio Negishi ( Chairman)
Hideki Nagashima ( President) [1]
Total assets JPY 36,281.1 billion
Number of employees
41,536
Website www.meijiyasuda.co.jp Edit this at Wikidata

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, which is 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. The Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company is a member of the Mitsubishi and Fuyo groups and participates in the former's Friday Conference. It is the main sponsor of the J1 League since 2015.

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.[ citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Company Profile". Retrieved 2024-01-09.

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