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367. Samsung Life Insurance

Rank: 367 (Previous rank: 247)
CEO: Soo Chang Lee
Employees: 6,439
Address: 150 Taepyung-ro 2-ga, Jung-gu
Seoul, 100-716
Country: South Korea
Website: www.samsunglife.com

	$ millions	% change from 2007
Revenues	24,419.5	-21.0
Profits	93.2	-87.8
Assets	87,957.1	—
Stockholders' equity	5,371.7	—

Profits as % of
Revenues	0.4
Assets	0.1

Industry: Insurance: Life, Health (stock)

Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)
1	Japan Post Holdings	11	198,699.8
2	Assicurazioni Generali	47	103,103.0
3	AXA	73	80,256.8


4	MetLife	132	55,085.0
5	China Life Insurance	133	54,534.1
6	CNP Assurances	196	38,481.7
7	Aviva	221	35,505.8
8	Power Corp. of Canada	226	35,125.1
9	Manulife Financial	276	30,947.5
10	Cathay Life Insurance	291	29,852.2
11	Prudential Financial	298	29,275.0
12	T&D Holdings	349	25,281.9
13	Hanwha	362	24,782.1
14	Samsung Life Insurance	367	24,419.5

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From the July 20, 2009 issue

Figures are for fiscal year ended March 31, 2009.
Data are from the company's unconsolidated financial statements. Consolidated data were not available at presstime.

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