Who owns Thai Life Insurance?
Thai Life Insurance is not wholly owned by any single company recorded here: Meiji Yasuda (Japan) holds a 17% stake.[1]
Evidence: Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company Annual Report 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Largest stakeholder
- Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company (17% stake) reported
- Headquarters
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Origin
- 🇹🇭 Thailand
- Category
- Finance & insurance › Insurance › Life & health insurance
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Thai Life Insurance
Thai Life Insurance Public Company Limited is a life insurer in Bangkok, established on 22 January 1942. Meiji Yasuda's Annual Report 2025 lists it as an equity-method affiliate with 17.0% of voting rights held by Meiji Yasuda, and says the equity stake was acquired in November 2013.
Ownership timeline of Thai Life Insurance
Where Thai 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.
Meiji Yasuda: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇹🇭 Thai Life Insurance and other Thai brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 72 brands that began in Thailand. 6 of them (8%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Thai Life Insurance among them.
- All Coco — Sappe 🇹🇭
- Anantara Hotels & Resorts — Minor International 🇹🇭
- Authentic Asia — CP Foods 🇹🇭
- BTS SkyTrain — BTS Group 🇹🇭
- Babi Mild — Osotspa 🇹🇭
- Bangkok Airways — Bangkok Airways 🇹🇭
Frequently asked questions
Who owns Thai Life Insurance?
No single company recorded here owns Thai Life Insurance outright. Meiji Yasuda holds a 17% stake.
Does Meiji Yasuda control Thai Life Insurance?
No. A 17% holding does not give control, so Meiji Yasuda shares ownership with others.
Where did Thai Life Insurance come from?
Thai Life Insurance originated in Thailand.
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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