Subsidiary | |
Industry | Insurance |
Founded | 1879 |
Headquarters | Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan |
Parent | Tokio Marine Holdings |
Website | TokioMarine-Nichido.co.jp |
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. (東京海上日動火災保険株式会社 Tōkyō Kaijō Nichidō Kasai Hoken Kabushiki-Kaisha?), commonly called Tokio Marine Nichido, is a property/casualty insurance subsidiary of Tokio Marine Holdings, the largest non-mutual private insurance group in Japan. Tokio Marine Holdings was formerly known as Millea Group, which underwent a name change in July 2008. Its headquarters are in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo.
The company is one of the very few groups and individuals that still use the spelling Tokio for the city in the English language. The company is a member of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFJ) keiretsu.
The antecedent Tokyo Marine insurance is the first insurance company (as the marine insurance company) in Japan, and also the top sales damage insurance company of Japan in pre-war era.
The company is one of a "Big Three Personal property insurance companies" in pre-war Japan. It belonged to the old Yasuda zaibatsu.
On 1 November 2004, Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance and Nichido Fire and Marine Insurance merged to create Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.