The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company 2809623 222251129 2008-06-28T09:55:01Z Fg2 70428 (Removed "-ku" from Tokyo according to Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles)#Place names "use the form {ward-name}, Tokyo" {{Infobox Company | company_name = The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company | company_logo = [[Image:Dai-ichi Life logo.png|180px|Daii-Ichi Life logo]] | company_type = [[Mutual insurance|Mutual]] | foundation = [[September 15]], [[1902]] | founder = Tsuneta Yano | location_city = Tokyo | location_country = Japan | industry = [[Insurance]] | products = [[Insurance]] | revenue = {{profit}}$28.947 billion [[United States|USD]] ([[2005]]) | net_income = | num_employees = 54,463 ([[2005]]) | company_slogan = Customer First / Your Lifelong Partner | homepage = [http://www.dai-ichi-life.co.jp/ www.dai-ichi-life.co.jp/] }} [[Image:Daiichi.jpg|thumb|[[DN Tower 21]], headquarters of The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.]] {{nihongo|'''The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company'''|第一生命保険相互会社|Dai-ichi Seimei Hoken Sōgo-gaisha}}, or '''Dai-ichi Life''' for short, is the third largest [[life insurer]] in [[Japan]] measured by revenue, only behind [[Japan Post Insurance|Japan Post Insurance Co., Ltd.]] and [[Nippon Life Insurance Company]]. It is also the oldest [[mutual insurance]] company in Japan, founded on [[September 15]], [[1902]]. == Key facts == As of [[March 30]], [[2006]] * Total assets - $276,552 million USD * Policy reserves - $227,524 million USD * Total capital - $21,425 million USD * [[Solvency]] margin ratio - 1,095.5% * Policies in force - $2,085 billion USD * Policyholders - 8,646,469 == History == * [[1938]] - head office is moved to its current [[Tokyo]] location. * [[1975]] - first overseas representative office is established in [[New York City]]. * [[1982]] - first [[Europe]]an representative office is established in [[London]]. * [[1990]] - investment in [[Lincoln National Life Insurance Company]] marks the first time a Japanese company has 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. == External links == *[http://www.dai-ichi-life.co.jp/ The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company] (in Japanese) *[http://www.dai-ichi-life.co.jp/company/gyouseki/english/ The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company Annual Report] (in English) {{insurance-company-stub}} {{japan-company-stub}} [[Category:Insurance companies of Japan|Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company]] [[Category:Mutual insurance companies|Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company]] [[de:Dai-ichi Seimei Hoken]] [[ja:第一生命保険]]