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4 Sumitomo Mitsui firms to enhance insurance alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and three insurers with ties to the Sumitomo Mitsui group said Nov. 22, 2001 they will bolster ties to enhance their ability to develop innovative insurance policies and boost marketing cooperation amid the harsh business environment. Seated at a Tokyo news conference are (From L to R) Mitsui Mutual Life Insurance Co. President Hiroshi Nishimura, Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. President Shinichi Yokoyama, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. Chairman Takeo Iguchi and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa.

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(1)New banks, nonlife insurers kick off operations

TOKYO, Japan - Hideo Ogasawara, president of UFJ Holding Inc., a holding firm of Sanwa Bank, Tokai Bank and Toyo Trust & Banking Co., speaks at the company's opening ceremony in Tokyo on April 2. Three new megabank groups -- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., formed by the merger of Sumitomo Bank and Sakura Bank, Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc., a merged body of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi Trust & Banking Co. and Nippon Trust Bank, as well as UFJ Holdings Inc. -- began operations the same day.

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(3)New banks, nonlife insurers kick off operations

TOKYO, Japan - Akeshige Okada (L), chairman of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., and its chairman Yoshifumi Nishikawa shake hands at a ceremony to mark the launch of the company in Tokyo on April 2. The day's launches of three megabank groups, including Sumitomo Mitsui, usher in a new era of Japan's Big Four megabank groups.

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Kyoei to join Millea insurers group

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co. President Yuzuru Fujita, Kyoei Mutual Fire & Marine Insurance Co. President Wataru Ozawa, Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co. President Kokei Higuchi and Nichido Fire & Marine Insurance Co. President Takashi Aihara join hands at a news conference in Tokyo on March 22. They announced Kyoei will join the Millea Insurance Group to be set up by the three other firms under a joint holding company by the end of 2004.

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3 presidents of nonlife insurance firms announce merger plan

TOKYO, Japan - Ryutaro Sato (L), president of Nissan Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Hiroshi Hirano (C), president of Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co., and Ichiro Ozawa, president of Taisei Fire & Marine Insurance Co., join hands at the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 14 after announcing plans for the three nonlife insurers to merge in April 2002.

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Three Japanese nonlife insurers to merge

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Ryutaro Sato, president of Nissan Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ichiro Ozawa, president of Taisei Fire & Marine Insurance Co., and Hiroshi Hirano, president of Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co., shake hands at a news conference Nov. 2 after announcing an agreement to enter talks on their merger in April 2002.

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3 Japanese nonlife insurers to form holding firm

TOKYO, Japan - Three Japanese property and casualty insurance companies announced Oct. 19 they will establish a holding company by April 2002, creating Japan's largest nonlife insurance group. Takeo Inokuchi (R), president of Mitsui Marine and Fire Insurance Co., Ken Matsuzawa (L), president of Nippon Fire and Marine Insurance Co., and Mutsuharu Okamoto (C), president of Koa Fire and Marine Insurance Co., shake hands at a press conference the same day in Otemachi, Tokyo.

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Logo mark of SOMPO Holdings

Keywords: sompo holdings, sompo holdings, non-life insurance, non-life insurer, three mega insurers, insurance business, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = December 23, 2019, head office in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Logo mark of SOMPO Holdings

Keywords: sompo holdings, sompo holdings, non-life insurance, non-life insurer, three mega insurers, insurance business, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = December 23, 2019, head office in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Logo mark of SOMPO Holdings

Keywords: sompo holdings, sompo holdings, non-life insurance, non-life insurer, three mega insurers, insurance business, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = December 23, 2019, head office in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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4 Sumitomo Mitsui firms to enhance insurance alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and three insurers with ties to the Sumitomo Mitsui group said Nov. 22, 2001 they will bolster ties to enhance their ability to develop innovative insurance policies and boost marketing cooperation amid the harsh business environment. Seated at a Tokyo news conference are (From L to R) Mitsui Mutual Life Insurance Co. President Hiroshi Nishimura, Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. President Shinichi Yokoyama, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. Chairman Takeo Iguchi and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa.

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3 presidents of nonlife insurance firms announce merger plan

TOKYO, Japan - Ryutaro Sato (L), president of Nissan Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Hiroshi Hirano (C), president of Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co., and Ichiro Ozawa, president of Taisei Fire & Marine Insurance Co., join hands at the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 14 after announcing plans for the three nonlife insurers to merge in April 2002.

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Three Japanese nonlife insurers to merge

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Ryutaro Sato, president of Nissan Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ichiro Ozawa, president of Taisei Fire & Marine Insurance Co., and Hiroshi Hirano, president of Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co., shake hands at a news conference Nov. 2 after announcing an agreement to enter talks on their merger in April 2002.