is a Japanese

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headquartered in

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, Japan. MSIG was formed in 2001 from the merger of Mitsui Marine & Fire Insurance Co. (itself descended from the Taishō Marine and Fire Insurance Co. founded in 1918) and The Sumitomo Marine & Fire Insurance. In 2010 April Aioi Insurance Co., Ltd., Nissay Dowa General Insurance Co., Ltd., merged into MSIG, making the group's name changed in to MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.. According to this business integration, MS&AD has become the largest

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company in Japan, with market share of 33% in 2013. On 8 September 2015, it was announced that Mitsui Sumitomo had agreed to buy the UK insurance firm Amlin for £3.5bn.

Group companies

Non-life insurance

* Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd.

Life insurance

* Mitsui Sumitomo Kirameki Life Insurance Co., Ltd. * Mitsui Sumitomo MetLife insurance Co., Ltd.

Companies not based in Japan

* Amlin, plc *

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* MSIG Insurance Europe AG * MS Frontier Reinsurance Ltd. * Mitsui Sumitomo Reinsurance Ltd. * Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance London Management Ltd. * MSI GuaranteedWeather, LLC * part, llc * Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance – Oceania

Financial services

* Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management Co., Ltd. * MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital Co., Ltd.

Risk-related businesses

* InterRisk Research Institute & Consulting, Inc. * MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Care Network Co., Ltd. * American Appraisal Japan Co., Ltd.

Annual Reports

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MSIG Annual Report 2008
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MSIG Annual Report 2014
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References

External links

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance – Oceania
{{Authority control Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Companies listed on the Osaka Exchange Insurance companies based in Tokyo Mitsui Japanese brands Sumitomo Group Japanese companies established in 2001 Financial services companies established in 2001 Holding companies established in 2001 Holding companies based in Tokyo MS&AD Insurance Group