Company

Daiichi Life

1 story · tracked since Oct 20, 2026 · last seen Oct 20, 2026

Daiichi Life is a Japanese life insurer, part of Dai-ichi Life Holdings, that sells life insurance and has expanded through overseas investments and acquisitions.

InsurerLife insurance Tokyo, Japan

Profile compiled by Insurtech Daily from the coverage below.

Most-covered themes

M&A

Also involved

Challenger

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Mergers & acquisitions

1 deal tracked · $5.2B disclosed across 1 of 1

Daiichi Life acquisitions and mergers — counterparty, price, date and source
Deal	Price	Announced	Source
Acquired Challenger	$5.2Bas reported: A$7.9B	Oct 20, 2026	Insurtech Insights

Ownership changes as reported in the insurance press — see the M&A tracker for what is counted and what isn't. Minority investments are not acquisitions and are on the funding tracker instead.

Coverage

Insurtech Insights · Oct 20, 2026

A$7.9bn bid: Daiichi Life offers to buy rest of Challenger

Daiichi Life Group has offered to buy the rest of Challenger in a bid that values the Australian firm at around A$7.9bn, the latest move by a Japanese insurer to expand abroad.

M&A