As of April 2022, 42 life insurance companies were operating in Japan. With 25 Japanese life insurers and four subsidiaries of non-life insurers, domestic companies represented the majority.
Number of life insurance companies in Japan as of April 2022, by type
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Companies and agencies
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Assets and investment
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Key players
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- Premium Statistic Premium income of major life insurance companies in Japan FY 2016-2021
- Premium Statistic Net income of major life insurance companies in Japan FY 2016-2021
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Premium income and benefits paid
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- Premium Statistic Premium and other income of life insurers in Japan FY 2012-2021
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- Premium Statistic Annualized premium of individual life insurance policies in force Japan FY 2012-2021
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- Premium Statistic Benefits paid by life insurers in Japan FY 2012-2021
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Individual life insurance
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- Premium Statistic Number of individual life insurance policies in force in Japan FY 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of individual life insurance policies in force in Japan FY 2021, by type
- Premium Statistic Value individual life insurance policies in force in Japan FY 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of new individual life insurance policies in Japan FY 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Newly issued individual life insurance policies in Japan FY 2021, by type
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Cooperatives
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- Premium Statistic Number of life insurance policies in force of cooperatives in Japan FY 2016-2021
- Premium Statistic Premium income from life insurance of cooperatives in Japan FY 2015-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of annuity insurance policies in force of cooperatives in Japan FY 2016-2021
- Premium Statistic Premium income from annuity insurance of cooperatives in Japan FY 2016-2021
Small amount and short-term insurers
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- Premium Statistic Number of small amount and short-term insurers in Japan FY 2021, by type
- Premium Statistic Policies in force of small amount and short-term insurers in Japan FY 2016-2021
- Premium Statistic Breakdown of policies in force of small amount insurers in Japan FY 2021, by line
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Customer demographics
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Financial Services Agency (Japan). (January 18, 2023). Number of life insurance companies in Japan as of April 2022, by type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 05, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1293304/japan-number-life-insurance-companies-by-type/
Financial Services Agency (Japan). "Number of life insurance companies in Japan as of April 2022, by type." Chart. January 18, 2023. Statista. Accessed June 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1293304/japan-number-life-insurance-companies-by-type/
Financial Services Agency (Japan). (2023). Number of life insurance companies in Japan as of April 2022, by type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1293304/japan-number-life-insurance-companies-by-type/
Financial Services Agency (Japan). "Number of Life Insurance Companies in Japan as of April 2022, by Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Jan 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1293304/japan-number-life-insurance-companies-by-type/
Financial Services Agency (Japan), Number of life insurance companies in Japan as of April 2022, by type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1293304/japan-number-life-insurance-companies-by-type/ (last visited June 05, 2023)
Number of life insurance companies in Japan as of April 2022, by type [Graph], Financial Services Agency (Japan), January 18, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1293304/japan-number-life-insurance-companies-by-type/