Key figures related to insurance claims due to Typhoon No. 15 (Typhoon Faxai) as of Sep. 13

The General Insurance Association of Japan (GIAJ) has released the following figures as of Sep. 13: the number of insurance claims due to Typhoon 15 (Typhoon Faxai).

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

Number of accepted claims

Coverage for damage to own vehicle

Fire insurance

Miscellaneous insurance including accident insurance

Total

Number of insured automobiles

Number of policies

Number of policies

Nationwide Total

20,480

161,047

3,021

184,548

Reference

10 Largest Claims Paid for Typhoons and Windstorms in Japan as of the end of March 2019

Name of Disaster

Place

Date

Claims Paid (in billions of yen)

Fire and Miscellaneous

Automobile

Marine

Total

1

Typhoon No. 21 (Typhoon Jebi)

Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, etc.

Sep.3-5, 2018

936.3

78

53.5

1,067.80

2

Typhoon No. 19 (Typhoon Mireille)

Nationwide

Sep. 26-28, 1991

522.5

26.9

18.5

568

3

Typhoon No. 18 (Typhoon Songda)

Nationwide

Sep. 4-8, 2004

356.4

25.9

5.1

387.4

4

Snowfall, Feb. 2014

Kanto

Feb. 2014

298.4

24.1

322.4

5

Typhoon No. 18 (Typhoon Bart)

Kumamoto, Yamaguchi, Fukuoka, etc.

Sep. 21-25, 1999

284.7

21.2

8.8

314.7

6

Typhoon No. 24 (Typhoon Trami)

Tokyo, Kanagawa, Shizuoka, etc.

Sep. 28-
Oct. 1, 2018

294.6

11.5

306.1

7

The Heavy Rain Event of July 2018

Okayama, Hiroshima, Ehime, etc.

June 28-July 8, 2018

167.3

28.3

195.6

8

Typhoon No. 15 (Typhoon Goni)

Nationwide

Aug.24-26, 2015

156.1

8.1

164.2

9

Typhoon No. 7 (Typhoon Vicki)

Kinki

Sep. 22, 1998

151.4

6.1

2.4

159.9

10

Typhoon No. 23 (Typhoon Tokage)

Western Part of the Nation

Oct. 20, 2004

111.2

17.9

8.9

138

(Note) The above figures are estimates as of the end of March 2019 and subject to updates in the future.

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