Who owns Founder Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance?
Founder Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance is not wholly owned by any single company recorded here: Meiji Yasuda (Japan) holds a 29.2% stake.[1]
Evidence: Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company Annual Report 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Largest stakeholder
- Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company (29.2% stake) reported
- Headquarters
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- Category
- Finance & insurance › Insurance › Life & health insurance
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Founder Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance
Founder Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co., Ltd. is a life insurer in Shanghai, established on 28 November 2002. Meiji Yasuda's Annual Report 2025 lists it as an equity-method affiliate with 29.2% of voting rights held by Meiji Yasuda, and says the equity stake was acquired in December 2010.
Ownership timeline of Founder Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance
Where Founder Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance sits in Meiji Yasuda
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Meiji Yasuda
Meiji Yasuda controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in finance & insurance.
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Other brands in life & health insurance, and who owns them
The 33 brands in life & health insurance on Brandtree belong to 19 owners. The largest is Nippon Life, with 4; Meiji Yasuda has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| LIC | LIC of India | 🇮🇳 India |
| Hanasaku Life Insurance | Nippon Life | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Assupol | Sanlam | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Elips Life | Swiss Re | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| American Income Life | Globe Life | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Singlife | Sumitomo Life | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| CNP Assurances | CNP Assurances | 🇫🇷 France |
| VitalityLife | Discovery | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
About the owner: Meiji Yasuda
Meiji Yasuda is a cooperative headquartered in Japan.
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company is a Japanese life insurer, formed on 1 January 2004 through the merger of Meiji Life Insurance Company and The Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Company. Its Annual Report 2025 says it chose to be a mutual company, in which policyholders also become mutual members, and that representatives chosen from among policyholders form its highest decision-making body. The report lists its important group companies as of 31 March 2025, including StanCorp Financial Group in the United States as a wholly owned subsidiary.
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🇨🇳 Founder Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance and other Chinese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 319 brands that began in China. 39 of them (12%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Founder Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who owns Founder Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance?
No single company recorded here owns Founder Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance outright. Meiji Yasuda holds a 29.2% stake.
Does Meiji Yasuda control Founder Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance?
No. A 29.2% holding does not give control, so Meiji Yasuda shares ownership with others.
Where did Founder Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance come from?
Founder Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance originated in China.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company Annual Report 2025 — Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company, Annual report; retrieved 12 October 2026.
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