The total amount of life insurance benefits paid increased compared to the previous year.
Insurance claims accounted for the largest share of insurance benefits paid by life insurers in Japan in fiscal year 2021, amounting to about 9.2 trillion Japanese yen. Benefits paid by life insurance companies in Japan from fiscal year 2012-2021, by type (in trillion Japanese yen)
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Overview
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Companies and agencies
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- Premium Statistic Number of life insurers in Japan 2017-2022
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- Premium Statistic Number of life insurance agencies in Japan FY 2016-2021, by type
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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
- Premium Statistic Nippon Life Group's insurance revenue FY 2016-2021
- Premium Statistic Dai-ichi Life Group's premium and other income FY 2016-2022
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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
- Premium Statistic Premium income of life insurers in Japan FY 2012-2021, by type
- Premium Statistic Annualized premium of individual life insurance policies in force 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
- Premium Statistic Value of new individual life insurance policies in Japan FY 2012-2021
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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- Premium Statistic Insurance policy purchases Japan 2009-2021, by sales channel
- Premium Statistic Japanese consumers purpose to buy life insurance 2021
- Premium Statistic Life insurance ownership among households in Japan 2009-2021
- Premium Statistic Life insurance ownership among households in Japan 2009-2021, by insurer type
- Premium Statistic Life insurance ownership among households in Japan 2021, by age of household head
- Premium Statistic Annual expenses for medical insurance per household in Japan 2015-2021
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LIAJ. (November 24, 2022). Benefits paid by life insurance companies in Japan from fiscal year 2012-2021, by type (in trillion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 01, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/761011/japan-insurance-benefits-paid-life-insurance-by-type/
LIAJ. "Benefits paid by life insurance companies in Japan from fiscal year 2012-2021, by type (in trillion Japanese yen)." Chart. November 24, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/761011/japan-insurance-benefits-paid-life-insurance-by-type/
LIAJ. (2022). Benefits paid by life insurance companies in Japan from fiscal year 2012-2021, by type (in trillion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/761011/japan-insurance-benefits-paid-life-insurance-by-type/
LIAJ. "Benefits Paid by Life Insurance Companies in Japan from Fiscal Year 2012-2021, by Type (in Trillion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Nov 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/761011/japan-insurance-benefits-paid-life-insurance-by-type/
LIAJ, Benefits paid by life insurance companies in Japan from fiscal year 2012-2021, by type (in trillion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/761011/japan-insurance-benefits-paid-life-insurance-by-type/ (last visited June 01, 2023)
Benefits paid by life insurance companies in Japan from fiscal year 2012-2021, by type (in trillion Japanese yen) [Graph], LIAJ, November 24, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/761011/japan-insurance-benefits-paid-life-insurance-by-type/