Hanwha Life Insurance

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Hanwha Life
Native name
한화생명
Company typePublic
KRX: 088350
Industry Insurance
PredecessorKorea Life Insurance
FoundedSeptember 9, 1946
Headquarters 63 Building, Yeouido, Seoul,
Key people
Cha, Nam Gyu (CEO)
Products
RevenueDecrease2.svg US$9.5bn (2013, 9months)
Decrease2.svg US$372M (2013, 9months)
Total assets Increase2.svg US$78.5bn (December 2013)
Parent Hanwha Group
Website www.hanwhalife.com
FY13 Shareholder FY13 Shareholder.jpg
FY13 Shareholder

Hanwha Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (KRX : 088350) is a life insurance company in South Korea. [1] It is part of the Hanwha Group.

Contents

Hanwha Life Insurance is South Korea's second largest life insurance company with assets of 81 trillion won as of November 2013. It employs 28,000 financial planners and other employees. As of January 2014, it operates seven local headquarters, 65 regional offices and 605 branches.[ citation needed ]

History

Founded on September 9, 1946 as Korea Life Insurance, Hanwha Life Insurance Co., Ltd. is based in Hanwha Finance Center 63 in Yeouido, a landmark building of Seoul. Korea Life Insurance changed its name to Hanwha Life Insurance in October 2012.[ citation needed ]

Products

Hanwha Life Insurance's main products include Whole Life Insurance and Critical Illness Insurance; savings-type insurance, including Annuity; and others. In addition, Hanwha Life Insurance serves individual asset management through trust commodities. It also sells retirement pensions, accident and health insurance and group insurance to companies, and has sales channels including individual agents, Bancassurance through agencies of banks, and an internet sales channel, Onsure. [2]

Culture

Hanwha Life Insurance has an esports team, Hanwha Life Esports, that competes in League of Legends Champions Korea. [3] [4]

Subsidiaries

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References

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