1973

Established Postal Life Insurance Hall

1975

Launched fivefold-type special endowment insurance and group term insurance

1976

Launched asset formation savings insurance

1977

Commenced a networked service using the mechanized system of Postal Life Insurance Services
Revised the maximum amount of insurance coverage for Postal Life Insurance (from \8 million to \10 million)
Established a system for withdrawing the application for insurance contracts

1978

Launched adult insurance

1979

Introduced gender-segregated premiums / Reduced premiums by adopting Postal Life Insurance Experience Mortality Table

1981

Commenced the new postal annuity business

1982

Launched asset-formation endowment annuity and asset-formation whole life annuity

1983

Launched tenfold-type special endowment insurance

1985

Launched endowment insurance with pure endowments

1986

Commenced dividend for long-term contract continuation
Commenced automatic payment of insurance premiums through bank transfers
Revised the maximum amount of insurance coverage for Postal Life Insurance (from \10 million to \13 million under certain conditions)

1987

Launched husband-and-wife annuity / Launched a system for increasing policy amount
Launched husband-and-wife insurance / Revised the rider system (revised payment conditions, etc. for hospitalization benefits)
Commenced the payment of insurance and annuity benefits through postal transfer accounts

1988

Launched asset-formation housing funding insurance
Launched whole life insurance with nursing care benefits
Launched a lump-sum payment system for postal annuity premiums and immediate annuity
Introduced a discounting system for advance payments of and reinstatement system for postal annuity premiums

1989

Launched term insurance with pure endowments
Launched Japanese government bond-type endowment insurance
Established a rider system for postal annuity

1990

Launched endowment insurance maturing at a specified age

1991

Introduced the new postal life insurance system
Launched whole life insurance with whole life annuity
Revised the maximum amount of insurance coverage for Postal Life Insurance annuity (first-year annual premium: from \720 thousand to \900 thousand)
Commenced handling in-home payment of Postal Life Insurance annuity
Launched husband-and-wife insurance with husband-and-wife annuity

1992

Extended the upper age limit for enrollment (endowment insurance with 10-year maturity: from age 65 to 70)
Launched occupational insurance
Launched endowment insurance with pure endowments

1993

Improved the rider system (diversification of riders, expansion of rider coverage, etc.)

1994

Launched educational endowment insurance with scholarship annuity

1995

Launched whole life annuity with additional nursing annuity
Improved the emergency treatment system

1996

Launched fixed amount-type whole life annuity
Opened the "Kampo Website"

1997

Commenced special husband-and-wife annuity
Lowered the age limit by five years for enrollment of deferred whole life annuity
Commenced reduction of interest on loans (in case insured persons enter a state requiring nursing care, etc.)

1999

Launched special endowment insurance maturing at a specified age
Expanded the maturity age for endowment insurance maturing at a specified age (from age 55-65 to age 35-65)
Commenced payment of insurance benefits through the bank saving accounts of certain private financial institutions
Commenced Minna no Taiso (“Exercise for Everyone”) program

2000

Commenced handling Postal Life Insurance Card using ATMs
Launched designated endowment insurance

2001

Creation of Postal Services Agency as part of realignment of government ministries
Established Japan Post Insurance Call Center
Commenced handling motorbike liability insurance

2002

Launched defined contribution whole life annuity
Consolidate the maturities of ordinary endowment insurance and special endowment insurance into maturity at specified age
Extended the upper age limit of policyholders for enrollment of educational endowment insurance and educational endowment insurance with scholarship annuity (from age 50 to 55)

2003

Established of Japan Post (abolishment of Postal Life Insurance Welfare Organization)
Improved annuity products (fixed-amount payment of annuities and launched whole life annuities with no limitation on insurance period)
Improved educational endowment insurance, etc. (lowered the age limit of policyholders for enrollment from age 20 to 18 for male and to 16 for female) / Launched the educational endowment insurance maturing at age 22, etc.)

2004

Improved whole life insurance (launched double-type whole life insurance and fivefold-type whole life insurance)
Improved special endowment insurance (expanded the maturity age for double-type special endowment insurance from age 70 to 75)

2005

Provide customer consultation service nationwide via Japan Post Insurance Call Center

2006

Commenced payment of insurance premiums through bank accounts of private financial institutions
Commenced the payment of insurance benefits through bank saving accounts of private financial institutions
Established Kampo Co., Ltd. under the Postal Service Privatization Act

2007

Postal service was privatized
Changed trade name to JAPAN POST INSURANCE Co., Ltd. in line with the commencement of the life insurance business
Started Postal Life Insurance management operations under commission from the Management Organization for Postal Savings and Postal Life Insurance
Obtained approval for new operations (liberalization of investment products)

2011

JAPAN POST INSURANCE SYSTEM SOLUTIONS Co., Ltd. (current consolidated subsidiary) became a subsidiary

2014

Launched “Hajime no Kampo,” an educational endowment insurance
Commenced handling commissioned sales of cancer insurance products for American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus*
*Our current contract partner is Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd.

The logo of “Hajime no Kampo”

2015

Commenced sales of endowment insurance “Shin Free Plan (limited payment)”
Commenced commissioned sales of life insurance products for corporate clients (general welfare group term insurance, etc.)
Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Listing ceremony

2016

Obtained approval for new operations (underwriting of reinsurance policies, related services)
Business alliance with The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited*
Signed a trilateral memorandum with The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited and Vietnam Post Corporation
100th anniversary of Postal Life Insurance
*Currently Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc.

Signing ceremony of the memorandum

2017

Commenced sales of “Sono hi kara Plus,” a new medical rider, “Shin Nagaiki Kun Low Cash Value Plan,” a new whole life insurance, and “Choju no Shiawase,” a longevity support insurance

2019

Commenced sales of “Kampo ni Omakase,” products with relaxed underwriting criteria; and an advanced medical rider

Secondary offering of common stock of Japan Post Insurance