The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company
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{{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)
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