Key figures related to insurance claims due to the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake as of May 16, 2016

May 18, 2016

The General Insurance Association of Japan (GIAJ) has released the following updated figures as of May 16: the number of inquiries (*1), the number of settled cases (*2), the number of claim payments, and the total amount of claims paid for "Earthquake Insurance on Dwelling Risks". The 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake surpassed the 1995 Hyogo-ken Nanbu Earthquake to become the second largest cause of claim payments for "Earthquake Insurance on Dwelling Risks".

The figures below were gathered from both domestic and foreign insurance companies.


Region / Prefecture	Number of inquiries (*1)	Number of settled cases (*2)	Number of claim payments	Total amount of claims paid (in thousands of yen)
Fukuoka	9,065	6,142	4,323	2,678,595
Saga	1,244	832	598	404,730
Nagasaki	483	315	196	107,057
Kumamoto	151,738	71,076	66,573	116,256,776
Oita	8,551	5,691	4,692	3,784,196
Miyazaki	278	98	59	43,740
Kagoshima	169	64	31	22,739
Other prefectures	414	204	108	54,114
Total	171,942	84,422	76,580	123,351,947

*1 The number of inquiries includes the number of cases where insurance companies received requests for damage investigations, inquiries about earthquake insurance coverage, and requests for advice on policyholder contracts. The number includes inquiries for both buildings and contents.

*2 The number of settled cases includes those where claims were paid as well as those where claims were withdrawn as a result of actual investigations. It also includes cases that were resolved when insurance companies received inquiries.

10 Largest Claims Paid for Earthquake Insurance on Dwelling Risks

(in billions of yen)


	Earthquake (Region name)	Date	Claims Paid
１	The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku (*)	Mar. 11, 2011	1,265.4
２	Hyogo-ken Nanbu	Jan. 17, 1995	78.3
３	Miyagi-ken-oki (*)	Apr. 7, 2011	32.4
４	Fukuoka ken Seiho-oki	Mar. 20, 2005	17.0
５	Geiyo	Mar. 24, 2001	16.9
６	Niigata-ken Chuetsu	Oct. 23, 2004	14.9
７	Niigata-ken Chuetsu-oki	Jul. 16, 2007	8.2
８	Fukuoka-ken Seiho-oki	Apr. 20, 2005	6.4
９	Tokachi-oki	Sep. 26, 2003	6.0
10	Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku	Jun. 14, 2008	5.5

　 Source : Japan Earthquake Reinsurance Co., Ltd. (as of March 31, 2015)
(*)Claims paid for "the Great East Japan Earthquake" including those "the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku", "Miyagi-ken-oki", "Shizuoka-ken Tobu", "Fukushima-ken Hamadori" and other related earthquakes, total 1,306 billion yen.