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197. Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance

Rank: 197 (Previous rank: 242)
CEO: Kenji Matsuo
Employees: 40,485
Address: 2-1-1 Marunouchi
Tokyo, 100-0005
Country: Japan
Website: www.meijiyasuda.co.jp

	$ millions	% change from 2007
Revenues	38,082.5	20.7
Profits	1,239.4	-17.1
Assets	242,725.1	—
Stockholders' equity	6,316.7	—

Profits as % of
Revenues	3.3
Assets	0.5

Industry: Insurance: Life, Health (mutual)

Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)
1	Nippon Life Insurance	96	66,621.1
2	Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance	139	52,012.5
3	Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance	197	38,082.5


4	Sumitomo Life Insurance	217	36,307.6
5	New York Life Insurance	269	31,416.2
6	TIAA-CREF	296	29,362.5
7	Northwestern Mutual	427	21,734.4
8	Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance	493	18,744.6

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From the July 20, 2009 issue

Figures are for fiscal year ended March 31, 2009.

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