Key figures related to the insurance claims paid for earthquakes in fiscal 2020 as of March 31, 2021

April 14, 2021

The General Insurance Association of Japan (GIAJ) has released the updated figures as of March 31, 2021 related to the insurance claims for earthquakes in fiscal 2020.

１．The earthquake with an epicenter off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture


Region / Prefecture	Number of inquiries (*1)	Number of settled cases (*2)	Number of claim payments	Total amount of claim payments (in thousands of yen）
Iwate	1,334	571	346	275,086
Miyagi	101,282	56,763	45,873	41,713,537
Yamagata	1,286	449	305	237,519
Fukushima	75,910	49,038	41,445	47,995,851
Ibaraki	4,269	2,942	2,048	1,296,195
Tochigi	4,520	3,002	2,024	1,424,110
Saitama	2,704	1,537	644	378,444
Other prefectures	11,062	5,870	2,573	1,572,262
Total	202,367	120,172	95,258	94,893,004

2．The earthquake with an epicenter off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture


Region / Prefecture	Number of inquiries (*1)
Iwate	246
Miyagi	10,445
Fukushima	813
Other prefectures	858
Total	12,362

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*2 The number of settled cases includes those where claims were paid as well as those where claims were withdrawn as a result of actual investigations.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