Kyobo Life Insurance Co., Ltd. () is a South Korean
life insurance
Life insurance (or life assurance, especially in the Commonwealth of Nations) is a contract between an insurance policy holder and an insurer or assurer, where the insurer promises to pay a designated beneficiary a sum of money upon the death ...
company headquartered in
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ...
, South Korea, formerly known as Daehan Kyoyuk Insurance (). Kyobo Life is one of the big 3 life insurance companies in South Korea.
The company was founded in 1958 by Shin Yong-ho, and his son
Shin Chang-jae
Shin Chang-jae (born 1953/54) is a Korean businessman, the chairman and CEO of Kyobo Life Insurance Company.
Early life
He is the son of Shin Yong-ho, who founded Kyobo Life Insurance Company in 1958. Shin received a doctorate from Seoul National ...
has been Chairman and CEO since 2000.
See also
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Kyobo Book Center
The ''Kyobo Book Centre'' (, also known as ''Kyobo Mungo'') is the largest bookstore chain in South Korea. It has ten stores in seven cities, with the flagship Main Store, or Gwanghwamun-jeom in Seoul, which is located in the basement of the Kyobo ...
References
External links
Kyobo Life Homepage(in English)
Jongno District
Insurance companies of South Korea
Financial services companies established in 1958
Companies based in Seoul
South Korean brands
Chaebol
Life insurance companies
Colombia–South Korea relations
South Korean companies established in 1958
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