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Dai-ichi Life poised to buy U.S. insurer Protective

Dai-ichi Life poised to buy U.S. insurer Protective

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 2011 shows the headquarters of Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. Dai-ichi Life is poised to acquire Protective Life Corp. of the United States for about 500 billion yen ($4.9 billion), sources familiar with the matter said June 2, 2014.

Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Watanabe (R), president of Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 1, 2010. The second-largest Japanese life insurer made its debut on the bourse the same day with an opening price of 160,000 yen per share, higher than its initial public offering price.

Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Watanabe, president of Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 1, 2010. The second-largest Japanese life insurer made its debut on the bourse the same day with an opening price of 160,000 yen per share, higher than its initial public offering price.

Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Watanabe, president of Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 1, 2010. The second-largest Japanese life insurer made its debut on the bourse the same day with an opening price of 160,000 yen per share, higher than its initial public offering price.

Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Watanabe, president of Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., speaks about the April 1, 2010, debut of the company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange during an interview with Kyodo News in late March. The Japanese second-largest life insurer was listed on the bourse with an opening price of 160,000 yen per share.

Dai-ichi Life shares fetch 160,000 yen each on debut on TSE

Dai-ichi Life shares fetch 160,000 yen each on debut on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - An electric board message at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo shows Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., Japan's second-largest life insurer, fetching 160,000 yen per share as the insurer, formerly a mutually owned company, made its debut on the TSE's First Section on April 1, 2010.

Dai-ichi Life shares fetch 160,000 yen each on debut on TSE

Dai-ichi Life shares fetch 160,000 yen each on debut on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - An electric board message at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo shows Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., Japan's second-largest life insurer, fetching 160,000 yen per share as the insurer, formerly a mutually owned company, made its debut on the TSE's First Section on April 1, 2010.

6 of 9 major life insurers see core profits expand in FY 2006

6 of 9 major life insurers see core profits expand in FY 2006

TOKYO, Japan - Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. Executive Director Koichiro Watanabe speaks on the company's business results for fiscal 2006 at a press conference in Tokyo on May 30. Six of Japan's nine major life insurers saw their core operating profits expand in the 2006 business year ended March 31 from a year earlier, supported by improved conditions for their fund management following interest rate hikes by the Bank of Japan.

Life insurers fail to pay 26.8 bil. yen insurance over 5 years

Life insurers fail to pay 26.8 bil. yen insurance over 5 years

TOKYO, Japan - Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. President Katsutoshi Saito (C) and other Dai-ichi executives bow in apology over nonpayment of insurance money at a news conference in Tokyo on April 13. Dai-ichi is among 12 leading life insurance companies in Japan that admitted they had skipped 26.8 billion yen in insurance money payment in 230,000 cases over the five years from fiscal 2001.

Core profit at Japan's 9 big life insurers hits record high

Core profit at Japan's 9 big life insurers hits record high

TOKYO, Japan - Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. Executive Director Koichi Watanabe speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 27 on the group's business results for the first half of fiscal 2006. The combined core operating profit at Japan's nine major life insurers hit a record high for the April-September period, supported by the solid stock market and rising returns from bond investment.

Dai-ichi Life, AFLAC to form Japan alliance

Dai-ichi Life, AFLAC to form Japan alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. President Tomijiro Morita (L) and American Family Life Assurance Co. of Columbus (AFLAC) Chief Executive Officer Daniel O. Amos shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 7. The two companies have agreed to form a business alliance to market each other's products from early 2001, subject to regulatory approval.

Dai-ichi Life, Yasuda Fire agree on alliance

Dai-ichi Life, Yasuda Fire agree on alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Tomijiro Morita (L), president of Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co., and Hiroshi Hirano, president of Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co., shake hands after announcing in Tokyo on Aug. 28 they have agreed to form a wide-ranging business alliance. The alliance between Dai-ichi Mutual, Japan's second-largest life insurer, and Yasuda Fire, the No. 2 nonlife insurer, is the first between a major life insurer and nonlife insurer in Japan.

Yasuda Fire & Marine to team up with Dai-ichi Mutual Life

Yasuda Fire & Marine to team up with Dai-ichi Mutual Life

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the head office in Tokyo's Nishi-Shinjuku district of Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co., which plans to enter into a comprehensive business tie-up with Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co.

Dai-ichi Mutual Life, Yasuda Fire & Marine to tie up

Dai-ichi Mutual Life, Yasuda Fire & Marine to tie up

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the head office in Tokyo's Yurakucho business district of Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co., which plans to join hands with Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co. with a view to integrating operations in the future.

Core profit at Japan's 9 big life insurers hits record high

Core profit at Japan's 9 big life insurers hits record high

TOKYO, Japan - Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. Executive Director Koichi Watanabe speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 27 on the group's business results for the first half of fiscal 2006. The combined core operating profit at Japan's nine major life insurers hit a record high for the April-September period, supported by the solid stock market and rising returns from bond investment. (Kyodo)

Life insurers fail to pay 26.8 bil. yen insurance over 5 years

Life insurers fail to pay 26.8 bil. yen insurance over 5 years

TOKYO, Japan - Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. President Katsutoshi Saito and other Dai-ichi executives bow in apology over nonpayment of insurance money at a news conference in Tokyo on April 13. Dai-ichi is among 12 leading life insurance companies in Japan that admitted they had skipped 26.8 billion yen in insurance money payment in 230,000 cases over the five years from fiscal 2001. (Kyodo)

6 of 9 major life insurers see core profits expand in FY 2006

6 of 9 major life insurers see core profits expand in FY 2006

TOKYO, Japan - Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. Executive Director Koichi Watanabe speaks on the company's business results for fiscal 2006 at a press conference in Tokyo on May 30. Six of Japan's nine major life insurers saw their core operating profits expand in the 2006 business year ended March 31 from a year earlier, supported by improved conditions for their fund management following interest rate hikes by the Bank of Japan. (Kyodo)

Dai-ichi Life, AFLAC to form Japan alliance

Dai-ichi Life, AFLAC to form Japan alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. President Tomijiro Morita (L) and American Family Life Assurance Co. of Columbus (AFLAC) Chief Executive Officer Daniel O. Amos shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 7. The two companies have agreed to form a business alliance to market each other's products from early 2001, subject to regulatory approval.

Dai-ichi Life to increase highly professional sales staff

Dai-ichi Life to increase highly professional sales staff

Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. President Koichiro Watanabe gives an interview to Kyodo News at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2015. Watanabe said the company will increase the number of highly professional sales staff. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Dai-ichi Life aims to acquire European insurer

Dai-ichi Life aims to acquire European insurer

Photo taken May 26, 2015 shows Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. President Koichiro Watanabe in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo. The company aims to acquire a European insurer by March 2018 to expand into Europe, he said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Dai-ichi Life tops Nippon Life in premium income for 1st time

Dai-ichi Life tops Nippon Life in premium income for 1st time

Kazuhiro Kojima, director of Nippon Life Insurance Co., briefs reporter on the company's consolidated financial results for fiscal 2014 in Tokyo on May 28, 2015. Nippon Life lost its position as Japan's largest earner of life insurance premiums to rival Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. in the year for the first time in postwar Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Dai-ichi Life shares fetch 160,000 yen each on debut on TSE

Dai-ichi Life shares fetch 160,000 yen each on debut on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - An electric board message at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo shows Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., Japan's second-largest life insurer, fetching 160,000 yen per share as the insurer, formerly a mutually owned company, made its debut on the TSE's First Section on April 1, 2010. (Kyodo)

Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Watanabe, president of Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 1, 2010. The second-largest Japanese life insurer made its debut on the bourse the same day with an opening price of 160,000 yen per share, higher than its initial public offering price. (Kyodo)

Dai-ichi Life shares fetch 160,000 yen each on debut on TSE

Dai-ichi Life shares fetch 160,000 yen each on debut on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - An electric board message at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo shows Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., Japan's second-largest life insurer, fetching 160,000 yen per share as the insurer, formerly a mutually owned company, made its debut on the TSE's First Section on April 1, 2010. (Kyodo)

Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Watanabe, president of Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., speaks about the April 1, 2010, debut of the company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange during an interview with Kyodo News in late March. The Japanese second-largest life insurer was listed on the bourse with an opening price of 160,000 yen per share. (Kyodo)

Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Watanabe (R), president of Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 1, 2010. The second-largest Japanese life insurer made its debut on the bourse the same day with an opening price of 160,000 yen per share, higher than its initial public offering price. (Kyodo)

Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Watanabe, president of Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 1, 2010. The second-largest Japanese life insurer made its debut on the bourse the same day with an opening price of 160,000 yen per share, higher than its initial public offering price. (Kyodo)

Online internship amid coronavirus pandemic

Online internship amid coronavirus pandemic

Photo taken in Tokyo shows a university student (R) talking with an employee of Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. stationed in Singapore as part of the company's internship program in August 2020, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

"Premium Friday" starts amid hopes to boost spending, cut overwork

"Premium Friday" starts amid hopes to boost spending, cut overwork

Employees of Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. get ready to leave their office in Tokyo at 3 p.m. on Feb. 24, 2017, as a government-orchestrated campaign encouraging workers to leave the office early on the last Friday of each month kicked off the same day. The "Premium Friday" initiative is aimed at shoring up tepid consumption and winding back the traditional Japanese practice of long working hours. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Dai-ichi Life, Yasuda Fire agree on alliance

Dai-ichi Life, Yasuda Fire agree on alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Tomijiro Morita (L), president of Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co., and Hiroshi Hirano, president of Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co., shake hands after announcing in Tokyo on Aug. 28 they have agreed to form a wide-ranging business alliance. The alliance between Dai-ichi Mutual, Japan's second-largest life insurer, and Yasuda Fire, the No. 2 nonlife insurer, is the first between a major life insurer and nonlife insurer in Japan.

Yasuda Fire & Marine to team up with Dai-ichi Mutual Life

Yasuda Fire & Marine to team up with Dai-ichi Mutual Life

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the head office in Tokyo's Nishi-Shinjuku district of Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co., which plans to enter into a comprehensive business tie-up with Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co.

Dai-ichi Mutual Life, Yasuda Fire & Marine to tie up

Dai-ichi Mutual Life, Yasuda Fire & Marine to tie up

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the head office in Tokyo's Yurakucho business district of Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co., which plans to join hands with Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co. with a view to integrating operations in the future.