Sony Financial Group, a privately owned company headquartered in Japan, with Sony Group as its parent company, was founded in 2004 and operates with approximately 11,490 employees. The company's primary function involves the management control of its subsidiaries, which include life insurance companies, non-life insurance companies, and banks. Its operations are conducted under the stipulations of both the Insurance Business Act of Japan and the Banking Act of Japan, encompassing other businesses permissible for insurance holding companies and bank holding companies as defined by these acts.