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Corporate History (2 min. 46 sec. (169,166KB))
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1902Foundation
Left: Tsuneta Yano
Right: "Characteristics of My Company"Tsuneta Yano issues "Characteristics of My Company", a pamphlet explaining the merits of a mutual company, and subsequently establishes Japan's first mutual life insurance company, the Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company.
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1906
Dai-ichi Life begins paying policyholder dividends.
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1923
Following the Great Kanto Earthquake, Dai-ichi Life raises customer confidence by making prompt payment of insurance claims to policyholders, despite a payment deferment order issued by the government which allowed financial institutions to delay payments.
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1932
The sum insured of policies in-force reaches JPY 1 billion.
Dai-ichi Life becomes the second largest life insurance company in Japan. -
1935
Dai-ichi Life establishes the "Hoseikai" foundation, offering facilities for the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis, the major cause of death in Japan at the time.
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1938
The Head Office is moved to its current Tokyo location, which served as the General Headquarters of the Allied Powers (GHQ) following World War II.