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Genworth Financial is a Fortune 500 insurance company. The firm was founded as The Life Insurance Company of Virginia in 1871.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyProfile?rpc=66&symbol=GNW )〕 In 1986, Life of Virginia was acquired by Combined Insurance, which became Aon plc in 1987. In 1996, Life of Virginia was sold to GE Capital.〔(GE Capital To Acquire An Insurer )〕 In May 2004, Genworth Financial was formed out of various insurance businesses of General Electric in the largest IPO of that year. The Genworth Financial family of companies has three segments: Retirement & Protection, US Mortgage Insurance, and International. Products and services include life and long-term care insurance, wealth management, mortgage insurance, lifestyle protection insurance, and annuities. Its legal structure is set up as six separate companies. On April 1, 2013, Genworth announced the completion of a legal entity reorganization, with the result being the creation of a new ultimate holding company. This restructuring separated the U.S. mortgage insurance subsidiaries from the overall firm. ==Company history== A.G. McIlwaine was the company’s first president.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Virginia Historical Society )〕 Begun by two dozen Petersburg investors, the Life Insurance Company of Virginia offered its first policies to local customers before expanding to Richmond, Virginia. Under general agent F.W. Chamberlayne, the Richmond Department attracted a large number of new clients. Within the first decade, the client base expanded beyond the South. As the Life Insurance Company of Virginia grew, the headquarters were moved to Richmond, Virginia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Virginia Historical Society )〕 By the turn of the twentieth century, the company offered products through different divisions,. The “Ordinary Division” of the company offered whole life annuity options and related products, the “Intermediate Division” offered term life products, endowment policies, and limited payment policies, and an industrial division offered inexpensive products. Colloquially known as “Life of Virginia”, the company expanded its portfolio in the 20th century. Beginning with its first annuities business written in 1928, the company grew to include different mortgage insurance, lifestyle protection, and long-term care products and options.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Genworth Financial )〕 Over the past few decades, the company has undergone several major acquisitions, beginning in 1986 when Life of Virginia was acquired by Combined Insurance for $557 million, which became AON Corporation the following year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Virginia Historical Society )〕 In 1995, almost a decade after the acquisition, GE Capital, the financial services unit of General Electric, announced its plan to buy most of AON Corporation’s life insurance business, including Life of Virginia. Under GE Capital, Life of Virginia became a part of GE Financial Assurance Holdings, Inc., before becoming GE Capital Assurance Company. The company was incorporated as Genworth Financial, Inc. on October 23, 2003,〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=CNN Money )〕 formed out of several GE Capital insurance companies. On May 25, 2004, Genworth became a publically traded company in the largest initial public offering (IPO) of 2004. GE sold its remaining stake in the company in 2006 for an estimated $2.8 billion. In 2007, another GE Capital insurance company, First Colony Life Insurance Company, merged with Genworth Life and Annuity Assurance Company, one of the entities within Genworth Financial, Inc. As of December 31, 2011, Genworth Financial, Inc. had more than 15 million customers in more than 25 countries. (【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyProfile?rpc=66&symbol=GNW ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Genworth Financial」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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