{{Short description|Japanese life insurance company}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox company |name = Sumitomo Life Insurance Company<br />住友生命保険相互会社 |logo =File:Logo_Sumitomo_Life_Insurance.svg | image= Sumitomo Life Headquarters Building.jpg | image_size = 250px | image_caption = Headquarters in Chuo-ku, Osaka |type = Private. Mutual |company_slogan = |foundation = 1907 |location = 4-35, Shiromi Itchome, Chuo-ku, Osaka, Osaka prefecture, Japan |key_people = {{ill|Masahiro Hashimoto|jp|橋本雅博}} {{small|(Chairman)}}<br />Yukinori Takada <small>(President)</small><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sumitomolife.co.jp/english/about/officer.html |title=Board Members (As of July 4, 2023) |accessdate=2024-01-09}}</ref> |area_served = |num_employees =42,098 |industry = Insurance |revenue = |net_income = |homepage = [http://www.sumitomolife.co.jp sumitomolife.co.jp] |logo_size = 180|romanized_name = Sumitomo Seimei Hoken Sōgo-gaisha}} {{nihongo|'''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.
In 2012, Sumitomo Life decided to become a strategic partner of Bao Viet Insurance from Vietnam by acquiring 18% of the company's shares previously held by HSBC.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cơ hội nào cho nhà đầu tư chiến lược mới tại Bảo Việt?|url=http://gafin.vn/20121219112947641p0c36/co-hoi-nao-cho-nha-dau-tu-chien-luoc-moi-tai-bao-viet.htm|access-date=20 December 2012|newspaper=GaFin.vn|date=20 December 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121221013853/http://gafin.vn/20121219112947641p0c36/co-hoi-nao-cho-nha-dau-tu-chien-luoc-moi-tai-bao-viet.htm|archive-date=21 December 2012}}</ref> {{Clear}}
==See also== *List of investors in Bernard L. Madoff Securities
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==External links== *[http://www.sumitomolife.co.jp/ Sumitomo Life Insurance Company] (in Japanese) *[https://web.archive.org/web/20051125203906/http://www.sumitomolife.co.jp/annual/ Sumitomo Life Insurance Company Annual Report] (in English) *[https://www.sumitomolife.co.jp/english/about/officer.html Board Members (As of July 4, 2023)]
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Category:Sumitomo Life Category:Insurance companies of Japan Category:Mutual insurance companies Category:Mitsui Category:Companies based in Osaka Prefecture Category:Japanese brands Category:Sumitomo Group Category:Financial services companies established in 1907 Category:Japanese companies established in 1907
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