Aveekal Thakur

Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company Limited

Founded in 2009, Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance (SUD Life) is a joint venture between two of India's leading public sector banks, Bank of India and Union Bank of India, and Dai-ichi Life Holdings, a leading life insurance company in Japan. With a robust collective network of over 11,000 branches catering to more than 64 million customers, SUD Life has one of the largest life insurance distribution footprints in India. Bank of India and Union Bank of India have sponsored select Regional Rural Banks, which provides SUD Life access to more than 1950 branches that make life insurance products available in rural areas. Established in 1902, Dai-ichi Life is the second largest life insurance company of Japan and is one of the top ten life insurers globally, renowned for sound product knowledge, superior asset management skills, and strong operational capabilities to manage life insurance businesses. Our growth over the years has come from the immense contributions of our cross-cultural workforce. Our culture of inclusion and rewarding high performance is aimed at attracting and engaging people who are ambitious and enjoy working in an environment that stimulates and encourages growth.