Private company

Japan Post Insurance

Logo: Japan Post Insurance Co., Ltd., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Japanese life insurance company

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 Japan Post Life Insurance (簡易保険, Kan'i Hoken; lit. "Simple Insurance"). It is owned by the Japan Post Holdings.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Oct 1, 2007Founded1

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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 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.2

Corporate structure

Japan Post Insurance is part of a group headed by Japan Post Holdings. 47 entities, 9 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

On September 1, 2006, the company started as the "preparation company (準備会社)". On October 1, 2007, it started with the division and privatization of Japan Post.

In December 2019, Japan Post Holdings and Japan Post Insurance were revealed to be involved in a large-scale illegal insurance sales scam targeting elder customers. The president and CEO of Japan Post Holdings, Masatsugu Nagato, along with the president of Japan Post Insurance, Mitsuhiko Uehira, and the president of Japan Post, Kunio Yokoyama, were forced to resign due to public pressure. The stock price plummeted and the Japanese government announced to delay the privatization process by 5 years.

From Wikipedia’s article on Japan Post Insurance, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

Former owners and parents

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Timeline

  1. Oct 1, 2007Founded Founded1

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