Japan Post Insurance

{{short description|Japanese life insurance company}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Japan Post Insurance Co., Ltd.

| logo = File:Japan_Post_Insurance_Logo.svg

| image = Otemachi Place W.jpg

| image_caption = Headquarters in Ōtemachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo

| type = Public subsidiary

| traded_as = {{TYO|7181}}

| foundation = 2006, or establishment of the Postal Life Insurance Services (Kan'i Hoken/Kampo) in 1916

| founder = Government of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi

| location_city = Tokyo

| location_country = Japan

| key_people = {{ubl

|Kunio Tanigaki (president)

|Toru Onishi (Deputy president)

}}

| industry = Insurance

| revenue =

| net_income =

| num_employees = 5,400

| parent = Japan Post Holdings (64.48%)

| homepage = {{url|http://www.jp-life.japanpost.jp/}}

| footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.jp-life.japanpost.jp/english/aboutus/company/en_abt_cmp_drt.html |title=Directors and Executive Officers |accessdate=2024-01-09}}

}}

{{nihongo|The Japan Post Insurance Company, Ltd.|株式会社かんぽ生命保険|Kabushiki gaisha Kampo Sēmē Hoken|}}, is a Japanese life insurer that was established on October 1, 2007, with the privatization of {{nihongo|Japan Post Life Insurance|簡易保険|Kan'i Hoken|lit. "Simple Insurance"}}. It is owned by the Japan Post Holdings. As of 2011, it was the world's fourth largest insurance company as regards net premiums written behind three European insurers and the largest as regards non-banking assets.{{Cite web |url=http://www.insurancenetworking.com/news/insurance_reinsurance_life_health_property_casualty_am_best-26826-1.html |title=End of 2011 list, A.M. Best |access-date=2013-08-03 |archive-date=2013-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603065913/http://www.insurancenetworking.com/news/insurance_reinsurance_life_health_property_casualty_am_best-26826-1.html |url-status=dead }}

On November 4, 2015, Japan Post Insurance ({{tyo|7181}}) was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as part of a "triple IPO" (initial public offering) with shares offered as well in Japan Post Holdings ({{tyo|6178}}) and in Japan Post Bank ({{tyo|7182}}).{{cite news |title=Japan Post firms make bumper debut after $12 billion triple IPO |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/japan-post-firms-bumper-debut-040824972.html |access-date=11 August 2018 |agency=Reuters |date=November 4, 2015}} About 10% of the shares in each company was offered.