About Sony Financial Holdings Inc.
| Company Name | Sony Financial Holdings Inc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Established | April 1, 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head Office | 1-1, Minami Aoyama 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan (Access Map) |
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| Business | Management control of subsidiaries (life insurance companies, non-life insurance companies, banks and others) specified by the Insurance Business Act of Japan and the Banking Act of Japan and all duties incidental to that role. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Stock | ¥ 19,900 million | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of Shares Outstanding | 435,000,000 shares | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Directors and Statutory Auditors |
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| Articles of Incorporation | Articles of Incorporation(PDF 310KB) |
* Independent Directors based on rules of Tokyo Stock Exchange Group, Inc.
(As of Jul. 1, 2012)
History of the Sony Financial Group
1970s
| Aug. 1979 | "Sony Prudential Life Insurance Co., Ltd." (Sony Prudential Life, currently Sony Life) is established
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1980s
| Apr. 1981 | Sony Prudential Life commences operations with the launch of Lifeplanner system
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| Jul. 1987 | Sony Prudential Life agrees with Prudential Financial, Inc. to terminate joint venture
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1990s
| Apr. 1991 | Sony Pruco Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (renamed from Sony Prudential Life in September 1987) changes name to "Sony Life Insurance Co., Ltd."(Sony Life)
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| Jun. 1998 | "Sony Insurance Planning Co., Ltd." (Sony Insurance Planning, currently Sony Assurance) is established
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| Aug. 1998 | Sony Life establishes "Sony Life Insurance (Philippines) Corporation" as a wholly owned subsidiary in the Philippines
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| Sep. 1999 | Sony Insurance Planning changes its name to "Sony Assurance Inc." (Sony Assurance)
Sony Assurance launches sales of automobile insurance (Sales commenced over the Internet in September and terephone in October) |
2000s
| Apr. 2001 | "Sony Bank Inc." (Sony Bank) is established
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| Jun. 2001 | Sony Bank commences operations
Sony Bank launches the "MONEYKit" service site |
| Jun. 2002 | Sony Assurance launches sales of medical and cancer insurance
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| Apr. 2004 | "Sony Financial Holdings Inc." (Sony Financial Holdings) is established as a financial holding company
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| Jun. 2007 | Sony Bank establishes "Sony Bank Securities Inc." (Sony Bank Securities) as a wholly owned subsidiary
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| Aug. 2007 | Sony Life establishes "AEGON Sony Life Planning Co., Ltd." (AEGON Sony Life Planning, currently AEGON Sony Life Insurance)
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| Oct. 2007 | Sony Financial Holdings is listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
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| Oct. 2008 | Sony Life opens a representative office in Beijing
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| Jul. 2009 | Sony Life opens a representative office in Taipei
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| Aug. 2009 | AEGON Sony Life Planning obtains life insurance business license from the Financial Services Agency and changes its name to "AEGON Sony Life Insurance Co., Ltd." (AEGON Sony Life Insurance)
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| Oct. 2009 | Sony Life establishes "SA Reinsurance Ltd." (SA Reinsurance) in British Bermuda as a reinsurance company specializing in variable annuities
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2010s
| Feb. 2010 | Sony Life establishes "LIPLA Co., Ltd.," a wholly owned subsidiary, to operate shop-style insurance agency as its directly run sales agency
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| May 2010 | Sony Life begins sales of the products of Sony Life, Sony Assurance and Sony Bank through "LIPLA" shop-style insurance agency
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| Jun. 2010 | Sony Bank opens its first over-the-counter branch called "Housing Loan Plaza"
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| Apr. 2011 | Sony Financial Holdings conducts stock split and adopts share unit system
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| Jul. 2011 | Sony Bank acquires a 57% equity interest in Smartlink Network Inc.
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| Aug. 2011 | Sony Bank opens a representative office in Sydney
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| Aug. 2012 | Sony Bank enhances financial products intermediary services by strengthening business alliance with Monex Group (All Sony Bank Securities' share are transferred to Monex Group)
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| Dec. 2012 | Sony Life transfers the business of Sony LifeInsurance (Philippines)Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Life, to Paramount Life & General Insurance Corporation
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| May 2013 | LIPLA transfers the life insurance operations to Tokyu Insurance Consulting Co., Ltd. (LIPLA discontinues its operations related to the non-life insurance and banking agency businesses)
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