Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company | |
Native Name: | 明治安田生命保険相互会社 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Romanized Name: | Meiji Yasuda Seimei Hoken Sōgo-gaisha |
Type: | Mutual insurance |
Founded: | (as Meiji Life) (merger) |
Founder: | Yasuda Zenjirō |
Location City: | Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo |
Location Country: | Japan |
Key People: | Akio Negishi Hideki Nagashima (President)[1] |
Area Served: | Japan |
Num Employees: | 41,536 |
Industry: | Insurance |
Assets: | JPY 36,281.1 billion |
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.
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.