Nippon Life

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Nippon Life Insurance Company
Type	Public
Industry	Financial services
Founded	July 4, 1889; 137 years ago (1889-07-04) in Osaka, Japan
Founder	Sukesaburo Hirose
Headquarters	Osaka , Japan
Area served	Japan and international markets through subsidiaries and affiliates
Key people	Hiroshi Shimizu (Chairman); Satoshi Asahi (President)
Products	Life insurance, Term life insurance, Whole life insurance, annuities, Health insurance, Medical insurance, Group insurance, Pension products and Asset management
Revenue	¥14.77 trillion (2025) (US$93.33 billion)[1]
Operating income	¥105.2 billion (2025) (US$664.47 million)[1]
Net income	¥606.45 billion (2025) (US$3.83 billion)[1]
Total assets	¥118.86 trillion (2025) (US$750.79 billion)[1]
Total equity	¥11.21 trillion (2025) (US$70.8 billion)[1]
Owner	Policyholders (mutual company)
Number of employees	172,869 (2026)
Website	www.nissay.co.jp/global/
Footnotes Consolidated Nippon Life Group figures for FY2025, ended 31 March 2026. Assets, equity and employee count are as of 31 March 2026. Financial figures are reported in Japanese yen.[1]

Nippon Life Insurance Company (Japanese: 日本生命保険相互会社, Hepburn: Nihon Seimei Hoken Sōgo-gaisha), also known as Nissay (Japanese: ニッセイ, Hepburn: Nissei) or Nihon Seimei (日本生命) is the largest Japanese life insurance company by revenue.^[2] The company was founded in 1889 as the Nippon Life Assurance Co., Inc. In structure it is a mutual company. It first paid policyholder dividends in 1898.^[3][4]

Nippon Life Insurance Company was formed on 4 July 1889 by Sukesaburo Hirose in Osaka, Japan.^[5] Nippon Life employs 70,519 employees and has 70,608 billion yen in assets as of 2016.^[6] The company is headquartered in Imabashi Sanchōme, Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. It has a wholly owned subsidiary, Resolution Life, which operates in Southeast Asia and the United States.^[2]

In October 2026, Nippon Life India AMC got approval by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for ₹96.8 crore to settlement for Yes Bank AT1 case.^[7][8]

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