Key figures related to insurance claims due to the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake as of May 9, 2016

May 11, 2016

The General Insurance Association of Japan (GIAJ) has released the following updated figures as of May 9: 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 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	7,813	4,593	3,144	1,885,866
Saga	1,074	620	444	279,276
Nagasaki	430	228	135	65,926
Kumamoto	134,102	35,948	33,362	56,370,639
Oita	7,367	3,844	3,143	2,323,017
Miyazaki	237	69	37	29,525
Kagoshima	135	45	19	10,113
Other prefectures	360	128	58	29,266
Total	151,518	45,475	40,342	60,993,628

*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*2 The number of settled cases includes those where claims were paid as well as those where claims were withdrawn as a result of actual investigations.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.