Private company

Sumitomo Life Insurance Company

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Japanese life insurance company

Sumitomo Life Insurance Company (住友生命保険相互会社, Sumitomo Seimei Hoken Sōgo-gaisha; Sumisei) is a mutual life insurance company in Japan, founded in 1907 and headquartered in Osaka. In 2005, the company announced a joint venture with the People's Insurance Company of China. The new company was named PICC Life Insurance, which sells insurance products, including savings-oriented endowment insurance policies.3 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1907Founded1
  • Industryinsurance company1
  • HeadquartersOsaka1
  • Websitewww.sumitomolife.co.jp
  • Legal formmutual insurance1
  • LEI549300I5OQCDADQSPI574
  • StatusActive4
  • LEI statusIssued and current4
  • Registered address城見一丁目4番35号, 540-8512 大阪府 大阪市中央区, Japan4
  • Registered withLegal Affairs Bureau, 1200-05-0072714

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Sumitomo Life Headquarters Building
Photo: Tokumeigakarinoaoshima, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons7

Sumitomo Life Insurance Company (住友生命保険相互会社, Sumitomo Seimei Hoken Sōgo-gaisha; Sumisei) is a mutual life insurance company in Japan, founded in 1907 and headquartered in Osaka.3

Corporate structure

Sumitomo Life Insurance Company sits at the top of its group. 18 entities, 7 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Sumitomo Life Insurance Company 大阪府 大阪市中央区, Japan
    • Symetra Bellevue, Washington, United States
      • First Symetra National Life Insurance Company of New York Subsidiary · Seattle, Washington, United States
      • Symetra Bermuda Re Ltd. Subsidiary · Hamilton, Bermuda
      • SYMETRA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY Subsidiary · Farmington, Connecticut, United States
      • SYMETRA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Subsidiary · Bellevue, Washington, United States
    • PICC Life Insurance Company Limited Subsidiary · 浦东新区, China
    • Sumitomo Chemical Stake · 4.34% · 東京都 中央区, Japan
      • Sumitomo Pharma 大阪府 大阪市中央区, Japan
      • Sumitomo Chemical (United Kingdom) Subsidiary · Godmanchester, United Kingdom
      • Sumitomo Biorational Company LLC Subsidiary · Libertyville, Illinois, United States
      • SUMITOMO CHEMICAL AUSTRALIA PTY. LIMITED Subsidiary · Sydney, Australia
      • SUMITOMO CHEMICAL INDIA LIMITED Subsidiary · Mumbai, India
        • BARRIX AGRO SCIENCES PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Bangalore, India
      • 住化カラー株式会社 Subsidiary · 大阪府 大阪市中央区, Japan
    • Symetra Investment Management Real Estate Investors LLC Subsidiary · Bellevue, Washington, United States
    • スミセイ・アセット・マネジメント株式会社 Subsidiary · 東京都 新宿区, Japan

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.

What it owns

What Sumitomo Life Insurance Company reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

Subsidiaries (GLEIF)

From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Timeline

  1. 1907Founded Founded1

Filings

23 filings to the SEC since October 2021: 23 other. The latest 20:

  1. Aug 12, 202613F-HR EDGAR
  2. Aug 5, 2026N-PX EDGAR
  3. May 12, 202613F-HR EDGAR
  4. Feb 13, 202613F-HR EDGAR
  5. Nov 12, 202513F-HR EDGAR
  6. Aug 27, 2025N-PX EDGAR
  7. Aug 5, 202513F-HR EDGAR
  8. May 2, 202513F-HR EDGAR
  9. Jan 23, 202513F-HR EDGAR
  10. Oct 16, 202413F-HR EDGAR
  11. Aug 21, 2024N-PX EDGAR
  12. Jul 19, 202413F-HR EDGAR
  13. Apr 26, 202413F-HR EDGAR
  14. Jan 30, 202413F-HR EDGAR
  15. Oct 23, 202313F-HR EDGAR
  16. Jul 20, 202313F-HR EDGAR
  17. Apr 27, 202313F-HR EDGAR
  18. Jan 18, 202313F-HR EDGAR
  19. Oct 31, 202213F-HR EDGAR
  20. Jul 22, 202213F-HR EDGAR

The 23 filings since October 2021 can be filtered by form type and year here when JavaScript is on.

Every filing from the last five years, summarized. The full record is on SEC EDGAR.

SEC filer profile

How Sumitomo Life Insurance Company is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGARSUMITOMO LIFE INSURANCE CO2
  • CIK0000937760
  • Incorporated inJapan2
  • Fiscal year endsMarch 312
  • Business address2-2-1, Yaesu, Chuo-Ku, Tokyo, 104-8430, Japan2
  • Phone813561721322
  • On EDGAR sinceJul 27, 19992
  • Filings114 in all: 13F-HR (106), N-PX (3), 13F-HR/A (2), 3 (1), SC 13D (1), SC 13D/A (1)2

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