Corporate History
Establishment ～ 1980
| 1940 | 10 | Established as The Toa Fire and Marine Reinsurance Company, Limited. (Head office at 6-1, Marunouchi 1-chome, Kojimachi-ku, Tokyo-shi, capitalized at ¥50 million) |
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| 1945 | 4 | Ceased business as a reinsurance company due to the establishment of a government reinsurance agency. |
| 5 | Became a direct insurance company, changing name to The Toa Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Limited. | |
| 6 | Started direct insurance business at branches in Tianjin and Shanghai. | |
| 1947 | 4 | Re-established as a reinsurance company. |
| 1948 | 2 | Changed name back to The Toa Fire and Marine Reinsurance Company, Limited. |
| 1952 | 4 | Started to transact overseas reinsurance business. |
| 1962 | 10 | Completed construction of the head office building at Surugadai. (6-5, Kanda-Surugadai 3-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (present location)) |
| 1975 | 4 | Opened representative office in London. |
| 1979 | 4 | Opened representative office in Hong Kong. |
| 7 | Held the 1st Reinsurance Seminar of Toa for Asian non-life insurance clients (RST). | |
| 12 | Established The Toa-Re Insurance Company (U.K.) Limited. (Started operation on January 1, 1980.) |
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| 1982 | 4 | Opened representative office in New York. |
| 10 | Established The Toa-Re Insurance Company of America. (Consolidated subsidiary, Started operation on January 1, 1983.) |
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| 1989 | 7 | Held the 1st Seminar of Toa Elementary Program for direct non-life insurance clients in Japan (STEP). |
(at the site of the present head office)
〜1990
| 1997 | 2 | Obtained approval to begin offering life reinsurance products. |
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| 4 | Announced ToaRe Mission Statement. | |
| 9 | Opened branch office in Singapore. | |
| 10 | Received the 1st Asia Insurance Industry Awards “Reinsurance Company of the Year.” | |
| 12 | Acquired all outstanding stock in M&G Re America and merged it with The Toa-Re Insurance Company of America and changed name to The Toa Reinsurance Company of America (TRA). | |
| 1998 | 3 | Obtained additional approval to offer a complete range of life reinsurance products. |
| 1999 | 1 | Opened branch office in Kuala Lumpur. |
| 4 | Changed name to The Toa Reinsurance Company, Limited. | |
| 6 | Opened branch office in Hong Kong. |
〜2020
| 2000 | 7 | Obtained approval to handle non-life co-operative reinsurance. |
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| 11 | Opened representative office in Taipei. | |
| 2002 | 1 | Established The Toa 21st Century Reinsurance Company Ltd (TRE). (Consolidated subsidiary, Started operation on April 1, 2002.) |
| 4 | Obtained approval to handle life co-operative reinsurance. | |
| 2003 | 3 | Sold The Toa-Re Insurance Company (U.K.) Ltd. |
| 2008 | 8 | Entered into a basic agreement for business cooperation with Korean Re. |
| 8 | Held the 1st Seminar of Toa Elementary Program for direct life insurance clients in Japan (STEP LIFE). | |
| 9 | Entered into a basic agreement for business cooperation with Secura of Belgium. | |
| 10 | Held the 1st Reinsurance Seminar of Toa for Asian life insurance clients (RST LIFE). | |
| 2009 | 9 | Became a member of the Global Reinsurance Forum. |
| 10 | Entered into a basic agreement for business cooperation with China Reinsurance Group. | |
| 2013 | 6 | Entered into a basic agreement for business cooperation with Marein of Indonesia. |
| 2017 | 11 | Obtained approval from Lloyd’s to establish a SPA (Toa Re Special Purpose Arrangement 6132). |
| 2018 | 7 | Acquired Barbican Corporate Member (No.4) Limited which accepts insurance business through SPA, from Barbican Holdings (UK) Limited, and changed name to Toa Re Corporate Member Limited (TRCM). |
| 2021 | 6 | Closed representative office in London. |
| 9 | Sold Toa Re Corporate Member Limited (TRCM). | |
| 2025 | 2 | Established Toa Re 85th Memorial Foundation. |
