Key figures related to insurance claims due to Typhoon No. 21 (Typhoon Jebi) and Typhoon No. 24 (Typhoon Trami) as of Nov. 5.

The General Insurance Association of Japan (GIAJ) has released the following updated figures as of Nov. 5: the number of insurance claims due to "Typhoon No. 21 (Typhoon Jebi)" and "Typhoon No. 24 (Typhoon Trami)" .

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

Typhoon No. 21 (Typhoon Jebi)

Region / Prefecture

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

Shiga

3,347

24,759

381

28,487

Kyoto

6,702

68,107

631

75,440

Osaka

64,611

324,078

5,932

394,621

Hyogo

8,123

37,320

813

46,256

Nara

867

14,283

129

15,279

Wakayama

6,049

36,906

502

43,457

Other prefectures

19,229

188,857

13,465

221,551

Total

108,928

694,310

21,853

825,091

 

Coverage for damage to own vehicle

Fire insurance

Miscellaneous insurance including accident insurance

Total

 

Number of insured automobiles

Total amount of
claims paid
(in thousands of yen)

Number of policies

Total amount of
claims paid
(in thousands of yen)

Number of policies

Total amount of
claims paid
(in thousands of yen)

Numbers of insured automobiles and policies

Total amount of
claims paid
(in thousands of yen)

Shiga

2,990

1,179,074

23,109

16,583,426

279

286,562

26,378

18,049,062

Kyoto

5,996

2,564,018

64,168

46,093,905

364

266,618

70,528

48,924,541

Osaka

59,509

30,935,469

309,814

274,193,268

4,235

3,292,648

373,558

308,421,385

Hyogo

7,344

9,135,502

34,751

35,203,162

733

1,659,289

42,828

45,997,953

Nara

769

326,110

13,352

8,080,105

88

40,647

14,209

8,446,862

Wakayama

5,525

2,295,115

35,380

26,991,843

400

318,588

41,305

29,605,546

Other prefectures

16,574

6,096,595

175,659

115,358,529

11,718

4,202,780

203,951

125,657,904

Total

98,707

52,531,883

656,233

522,504,238

17,817

10,067,132

772,757

585,103,253

Typhoon No. 24 (Typhoon Trami)

Region / Prefecture

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

Ibaraki

1,164

13,530

280

14,974

Saitama

2,086

28,392

515

30,993

Chiba

1,857

27,211

574

29,642

Tokyo

2,541

50,872

1,352

54,765

Kanagawa

3,246

47,119

749

51,114

Shizuoka

7,416

50,506

713

58,635

Aichi

2,469

22,820

353

25,642

Miyazaki

1,666

18,315

211

20,192

Kagoshima

1,198

14,647

369

16,214

Other prefectures

7,716

64,501

5,309

77,526

Total

31,359

337,913

10,425

379,697

 

Coverage for damage to own vehicle

Fire insurance

Miscellaneous insurance including accident insurance

Total

 

Number of insured automobiles

Total amount of
claims paid
(in thousands of yen)

Number of policies

Total amount of
claims paid
(in thousands of yen)

Number of policies

Total amount of
claims paid
(in thousands of yen)

Numbers of insured automobiles and policies

Total amount of
claims paid
(in thousands of yen)

Ibaraki

1,020

306,732

12,541

6,894,548

206

70,621

13,767

7,271,901

Saitama

1,772

558,063

26,439

13,921,431

356

145,115

28,567

14,624,609

Chiba

1,591

517,934

25,528

13,582,164

449

145,112

27,568

14,245,210

Tokyo

2,156

695,507

47,632

26,432,578

1,104

404,794

50,892

27,532,879

Kanagawa

2,779

926,556

44,091

24,354,139

511

216,228

47,381

25,496,923

Shizuoka

6,790

2,057,179

47,786

26,761,428

560

248,493

55,136

29,067,100

Aichi

2,226

651,065

21,627

10,964,810

274

134,922

24,127

11,750,797

Miyazaki

1,501

486,862

17,534

10,683,550

187

77,584

19,222

11,247,996

Kagoshima

1,081

256,456

14,053

8,426,346

345

151,387

15,479

8,834,189

Other prefectures

6,860

2,053,098

60,875

33,326,222

4,782

1,896,978

72,517

37,276,298

Total

27,776

8,509,452

318,106

175,347,216

8,774

3,491,234

354,656

187,347,902

10 Largest Claims Paid for Typhoons and Windstorms in Japan (as of March 30, 2018)

(in billions of yen)

 

Name of Disaster

Place

Date

Claims Paid

Fire and Miscellaneous

Automobile

Marine

Total

1

Typhoon No. 19
(Typhoon Mireille)

Nationwide

Sep. 26-28, 1991

523

26.9

18.5

568

2

Typhoon No. 18
(Typhoon Songda)

Nationwide

Sep. 4-8, 2004

356

25.9

5.1

387.4

3

Snowfall, Feb. 2014

Kanto

Feb. 2014

298

24.1

-

322.4

4

Typhoon No. 18
(Typhoon Bart)

Kumamoto, Yamaguchi, Fukuoka, etc.

Sep. 21-25, 1999

285

21.2

8.8

314.7

5

Typhoon No. 15
(Typhoon Goni)

Nationwide

Aug.24-26, 2015

156

8.1

-

164.2

6

Typhoon No. 7
(Typhoon Vicki)

Kinki

Sep. 22, 1998

151

6.1

2.4

159.9

7

Typhoon No. 23
(Typhoon Tokage)

Western Part of the Nation

Oct. 20, 2004

111

17.9

8.9

138

8

Typhoon No. 13
(Typhoon Shanshan)

Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Miyazaki, etc.

Sep. 15-20, 2006

116

14.7

1.2

132

9

Typhoon No. 21
(Typhoon Lan)

Nationwide

Oct.21-23, 2017

115

7.1

-

121.7

10

Typhoon No. 16
(Typhoon Chaba)

Nationwide

Aug.30-31, 2004

104

13.8

3.5

121

Note:Figures are for GIAJ member direct insurers, and do not include foreign insurers or others.

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