• Nissay/Nippon Life Insurance
  •  Overview
  • Last Modified:
  • July 9, 2025
  • Company type:
  • Public
  • Industry:
  • Insurance
  • Verified:
  • No
  • No of Employees:
  • 50 001 - 100 000
  • Stock Code:
  • 4516
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  • Signed Health Status Declaration Form
  • Turnover $50m + ?:
  • Yes
  • Headquarters:
  • Osaka, Japan
  • Public Interest Score:
  • 750+

 

  • Nissay/Nippon Life Insurance
  • General Information

Description

Nippon Life Insurance Co (Nippon) is provider of individual and group life insurance and annuity products. The company offers insurance products for whole life, term life, endowment, general medical, physical disability, dread disease, cancer medical, and limited injury to individual customers. Its corporate insurance products include group credit life, group term life, group long-term disability income support, group medical life, employees’ pension fund, workers’ asset-formation pension fund, and workers’ asset-formation savings. It also focuses on asset management and general affairs-related operations. It offers trust banking services, leasing, type II financial instruments services, investment advisory, investment management, credit guarantee services, venture capital, mortgage loans, discretionary investment contract services, and finance agency services. It operates through a network of branches, sales offices, overseas representative offices, and agencies. It operates in Japan, the US, the UK, and Asia. Nippon is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.

Hiroshi Shimizu:
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Naoki Akahori:
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Shin Ushijima:
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Satoshi Miura:
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Junichi Hamada:
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Satoshi Asahi:
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Yuji Mikasa:
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Nobuto Fujimoto:
qone: No, qtwo: No, qthree: No, qfour: No, qfive: No, qsix: No
Tetsuro Tomita:
qone: No, qtwo: No, qthree: No, qfour: No, qfive: No, qsix: No
Yoshitaka Nakamura:
qone: No, qtwo: No, qthree: No, qfour: No, qfive: No, qsix: No
Takahiro Miyajima:
qone: No, qtwo: No, qthree: No, qfour: No, qfive: No, qsix: No
Kayoko Nakano:
qone: No, qtwo: No, qthree: No, qfour: No, qfive: No, qsix: No

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  • Company Information
  • Company System Number:
  • 15420
  • Founded Year: 
  • 4 July 1889
  • Registration Number: 
  • 100451155400003
  • Country: 
  • Japan
  • Stock Exchanges: 
    • Tokyo Stock Exchange
  • Financial year end: 
  • March
  • No. of Countries operations: 
  • 7
  • Company Status: 
  • In Business
  • Industry Sub Category: 
  • Financial Services
  • Date listed on Stock Exchange: 

 

  • Contact Information
  • Business operation: 
  • We operate life insurance business in seven countries outside of Japan, including the U.S., Australia, India, Myanmar, China, Thailand and Indonesia.By providing products and services in various countries, we contribute to the popularisation of life insurance and development of the life insurance market, and we aim to maximize policyholder interests by working to develop our overseas business in order to earn long-term stable profit
  • Primary office: 
  • 3-5-12, Imabashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka, 5418501

 

  • Additional Information
  • Listed?: 
  • Yes
  • Company secretary: 
  • Yoshitaka Nakamura
  • Reporting currency: 
  • JPY
  • ISIN number (12 digit): 
TSE
USJ54675BC69
  • Authorised shares:
  • Issued shares:
  • 70 251 484
  • No of shareholders:
  • 1001 and more shareholders
  • No of shareholders holding 20%:
  • 0 shareholders
  • Number of shares traded
  • Per Year:
  • Per Quarter:
  • Per Month:

 

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Credit Rating

NameLogoCountryHeadquartersRating
S and P GlobalCredit LogoUnited States of AmericaNew YorkA+
Fitch United States of AmericaNew YorkA+
Moody'sCredit LogoUnited States of AmericaNew YorkA3

 

Countries Operations/ Offices


 

Company Directors

Name
Nationality
Age
Role
Qualification
Name

Hiroshi

Executive
NationalityJapan
65
RoleCEO
QualificationNot Available
Date Appointed: 01/04/2018
Duration:
8 years and 5 months
Independance: Y
Profile
Name

Naoki

Executive
NationalityJapan
62
RoleED
QualificationNot Available
Date Appointed: 01/03/2024
Duration:
2 years and 6 months
Independance: Y
Profile
Name

Shin

Non Executive
NationalityJapan
76
RoleNED
QualificationLL.B.
Date Appointed: 01/07/2007
Duration:
19 years and 2 months
Independance: N
Profile
Name

Satoshi

Non Executive
NationalityJapan
82
RoleNED
QualificationNot Available
Date Appointed: 01/07/2017
Duration:
9 years and 2 months
Independance: Y
Profile
Name

Junichi

Non Executive
NationalityJapan
76
RoleNED
QualificationNot Available
Date Appointed: 01/07/2021
Duration:
5 years and 2 months
Independance: Y
Profile
Name

Satoshi

Non Executive
NationalityJapan
63
RolePresident
QualificationBA(Economics)
Date Appointed: 01/04/2025
Duration:
1 year and 5 months
Independance: Y
Profile
Name

Yuji

Executive
NationalityJapan
62
RoleNED
QualificationNot Available
Date Appointed: 01/04/2025
Duration:
1 year and 5 months
Independance: Y
Profile
Name

Nobuto

Executive
NationalityJapan
63
RoleVice President
QualificationNot Available
Date Appointed: 06/03/2025
Duration:
1 year and 5 months
Independance: Y
Profile
Name

Tetsuro

Non Executive
NationalityJapan
74
RoleNED
QualificationNot Available
Date Appointed: 06/03/2025
Duration:
1 year and 5 months
Independance: Y
Profile
Name

Yoshitaka

Executive
NationalityJapan
57
RoleED
QualificationNot Available
Date Appointed: 01/07/2023
Duration:
3 years and 2 months
Independance: Y
Profile
Name

Takahiro

Non Executive
NationalityJapan
62
RoleNED
QualificationNot Available
Date Appointed: 01/07/2020
Duration:
6 years and 2 months
Independance: Y
Profile
Name

Kayoko

Non Executive
NationalityJapan
57
RoleNED
QualificationNot Available
Date Appointed: 01/07/2025
Duration:
1 year and 2 months
Independance: Y
Profile

 

Directors Tenure

Name
Duration
Name

Hiroshi Shimizu

Duration8 years and 5 months
Profile
Name

Naoki Akahori

Duration2 years and 6 months
Profile
Name

Shin Ushijima

Duration19 years and 2 months
Profile
Name

Satoshi Miura

Duration9 years and 2 months
Profile
Name

Junichi Hamada

Duration5 years and 2 months
Profile
Name

Satoshi Asahi

Duration1 year and 5 months
Profile
Name

Yuji Mikasa

Duration1 year and 5 months
Profile
Name

Nobuto Fujimoto

Duration1 year and 5 months
Profile
Name

Tetsuro Tomita

Duration1 year and 5 months
Profile
Name

Yoshitaka Nakamura

Duration3 years and 2 months
Profile
Name

Takahiro Miyajima

Duration6 years and 2 months
Profile
Name

Kayoko Nakano

Duration1 year and 2 months
Profile

 

Director Experience

Name
Experience
Name

Hiroshi

Experience Insurance
Profile
Name

Naoki

Experience Insurance
Profile
Name

Shin

Experience Legal, Government
Profile
Name

Satoshi

Experience Telecom
Profile
Name

Junichi

Experience Education
Profile
Name

Satoshi

Experience Insurance
Profile
Name

Yuji

Experience Insurance
Profile
Name

Nobuto

Experience Media and Advertising
Profile
Name

Tetsuro

Experience Railway, Energy
Profile
Name

Yoshitaka

Experience Other, Insurance
Profile
Name

Takahiro

Experience Software and IT
Profile
Name

Kayoko

Experience Other
Profile

 

Company Auditors

Name
Date Appointed
Years
Name

Deloitte

Date Appointed01/01/2017
Year9 years and 8 months
Profile

 

Company Past Directors

Name
ED/NED
Role
Name

Hideki

ED/NEDExecutive
RoleED
Date Appointed: 01/07/2023
Date Resigned: 01/04/2025
Profile
Name

Kazuya

ED/NEDExecutive
RoleED
Date Appointed: 01/03/2024
Date Resigned: 01/04/2025
Profile
Name

Minoru

ED/NEDExecutive
RoleED
Date Appointed: 01/07/2022
Date Resigned: 06/03/2025
Profile
Name

Yoshinobu

ED/NEDNon Executive
RoleDirector
Date Appointed: 01/04/2018
Date Resigned: 01/04/2025
Profile
Name

Kazuo

ED/NEDExecutive
RoleED
Date Appointed:
Date Resigned: 25/03/2017
Profile
Name

Akiko

ED/NEDExecutive
RoleED
Date Appointed:
Date Resigned: 01/03/2022
Profile

 

Company Committees

Name

Hiroshi Shimizu

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD
Profile
Name

Naoki Akahori

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD
Profile
Name

Shin Ushijima

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD
Profile
Name

Satoshi Miura

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD
Profile
Name

Junichi Hamada

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD
Profile
Name

Satoshi Asahi

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD
Profile
Name

Yuji Mikasa

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD
Profile
Name

Nobuto Fujimoto

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD
Profile
Name

Tetsuro Tomita

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD
Profile
Name

Yoshitaka Nakamura

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD
Profile
Name

Takahiro Miyajima

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD
Profile
Name

Kayoko Nakano

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD
Profile

 

Committee
Abbreviation
Supervisory Board
SB
Board
BD
Risk & Compliance
RC
Audit
AU
Remuneration
RE
Capital investment
CI
Industry Specific
IS
Nominations & Governance
NG
Health, Safety & Environment
HS
Social & Ethics
SE
Technology
TE
Executive
EX
Other
OT