Key figures related to insurance claims due to the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake as of May 23, 2016

May 25, 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 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	10,417	7,797	5,348	3,387,654
Saga	1,482	1,080	776	510,265
Nagasaki	517	389	253	136,816
Kumamoto	165,342	105,739	98,852	171,913,521
Oita	9,565	7,277	5,915	4,842,349
Miyazaki	311	137	82	57,490
Kagoshima	236	93	50	34,982
Other prefectures	449	337	187	83,043
Total	188,319	122,849	111,463	180,966,120

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*2 The number of settled cases includes the those cases where claims were paid as well as those where claims were withdrawn as a result of actual investigations.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