Japan Post Insurance takes minority stake in KKR-backed group

Japan Post Insurance has taken a number involvement successful Hoken Minaoshi Hompo Group, a concern controlled by KKR-managed funds.

Hoken Minaoshi Hompo Group operates a multi-channel security organisation concern successful Japan, utilizing a premix of high-street outlets, telephone centres and online channels.

Its main brand, Hoken Minaoshi Hompo, runs astir 350 stores and sells policies from much than 40 insurers.

Japan Post Insurance said the concern is expected to enactment the group’s maturation plans and assistance it grow its security level successful Japan done some integrated maturation and acquisitions.

The 2 organisations besides program to look astatine imaginable areas of practice drafting connected Hoken Minaoshi Hompo Group’s level and Japan Post Insurance’s security and lawsuit work capabilities.

As portion of this work, they volition acceptable up a caller outbound telephone centre concern for Japan Post Insurance from April 2026, with enactment from Hoken Minaoshi Hompo Group.

Japan Post Insurance CEO, manager and president Tanigaki Kunio said: “We judge the accidental to put successful specified a increasing and innovative concern is highly compelling and volition heighten the worth of our halfway organisation channel, the station bureau network, and lend to our sustainable growth.

“Through this investment, we volition further fortify our strategical concern with KKR, which began successful 2023, portion steadily advancing collaborative initiatives, including successful our telephone halfway operations, to physique a mutually beneficial narration among the 3 companies, including Hoken Minaoshi Hompo Group.”

KKR announced successful September 2025 that it had acquired Hoken Minaoshi Hompo Group done funds it manages, with the purpose of speeding up the company’s enlargement arsenic an security distributor and processing further value.

In a abstracted transaction, Hoken Minaoshi Hompo has acquired Eternal Co. from Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings.

Eternal runs much than 40 “Hoken Terrace” walk-in security consultation stores located successful buying malls crossed Greater Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka.

Hoken Minaoshi Hompo Group CEO Tomoki Usui said: “We are arrogant to person received this concern from Japan Post Insurance and to person established a beardown concern that extends beyond superior to meaningful concern collaboration.

“Through this funding, we volition further heighten our work prime and fortify our hazard absorption framework, portion accelerating our maturation by leveraging our collaboration with Japan Post Insurance and KKR.

“Looking ahead, we volition proceed to deepen the concern among the 3 companies, present sustainable worth to our customers and society, and strive to further heighten our firm value.”