Insurers.globalAsia-Pacific

South Korea · East Asia

Heungkuk Life

Profile highlights

10 badges
  • Earliest recorded founding in this market’s class

    Among 3 entries with documented founding years; 1950. Coverage is incomplete and ties share this badge.

  • Group spans 1 directory continent

    Taekwang: 1 markets across 1 directory continents (Asia-Pacific is one directory region). Group membership does not establish this entity’s policy availability.

  • Part of a group

    Based on this profile’s recorded ownership data. Not an endorsement or a financial-strength rating.

  • 75+ years since founding

    Recorded founding year: 1950. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q766400

  • Life

    Based on this profile’s recorded business data. Not an endorsement or a financial-strength rating.

  • Domestic private

    Based on this profile’s recorded ownership data. Not an endorsement or a financial-strength rating.

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  • Founding year documented

    Recorded founding year: 1950. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q766400

  • Official website available

    Based on this profile’s recorded profile data. Not an endorsement or a financial-strength rating.

  • Founded in the 1900s

    Recorded founding year: 1950. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q766400

  • Listed in Asia-Pacific

    Based on this profile’s recorded location data. Not an endorsement or a financial-strength rating.

Badge criteria
LLifeDomestic privatePartially verified against the regulator register

Official sources

Official websiteheungkuklife.co.krFSC / FSS regulator profile

Website reported by Wikidata (CC0), last checked 2026-09-13 — not confirmed against the FSC / FSS register, which does not publish one for this entity.

At a glance

Profile data from Wikidata (CC0), last checked 2026-09-13. The register itself is verified against the FSC / FSS.

Founded
1950
Class of business
LifeLong-term life assurance, annuities, pensions and savings products.
Parent / group
Taekwang
Ownership
Domestic privateOwned by domestic private shareholders with no cross-border parent.
Regulator
Financial Services Commission / Financial Supervisory Service (FSC / FSS)fss.or.kr
Local currency
KRW
Source basis
Compiled from market knowledge - verify against national register
Country verification
Count-verified · FSS/FSC: 52 domestic insurers in 2026 (22 life, 30 non-life). KLIA and KNIA member lists are Korean-only, so names remain knowledge-based
Identifiers
slug south-korea-heungkuk-life · row 612/api/v1/insurers/south-korea-heungkuk-life.json