Songai Hoken Japan
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| legal form | KK |
| ISIN | JP3932400009 |
| founding | 1887 |
| Seat | Shinjuku , Japan |
| management | Masatoshi Satō (Chairman) |
| Number of employees | around 16,000 employees (2008) |
| Branch | Insurance |
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KK Songai Hoken Japan ( Japanese 株式会社 損害 保 険 ジ ャ パ ン , English Sompo Japan Insurance, Inc. ), Sompo Japan for short ( 損 保 ジ ャ パ ン ), is a Japanese company with headquarters in Shinjuku , Tokyo .
Sompo Japan offers various types of insurance to its customers worldwide. The company was founded in 1887 as Tōkyō Kasai Hoken ( Tokyo Fire Insurance ). In 1893, the insurance was acquired by Zenjirō Yasuda and integrated into the Zaibatsu Yasuda . In July 2002, the Japanese insurance companies Yasuda Kasai Kaijō Hoken ( Yasuda Fire ) and Nissan Shōgai Hoken ( Nissan Fire & Marine Insurance ) merged to form the insurance group Sompo Japan .
Sompo Japan Museum of Art
The insurance group has acquired various works of art around the world over the past few decades. These works of art are currently in the Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Museum of Art in Tokyo. Among other things, the painting Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh was auctioned at Christie's in 1987 .