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Earthquake Insurance in Japan

There are two types of earthquake insurance in Japan-one pays for losses of residences and the other pays for losses of offices and factories, etc. These pdf-files explain the outline of earthquake insurance for the former.

Contents

Chapter1 Earthquakes and Buildings in Japan [ 1,636KB ]

 Section 1 Seismic Risk in Japan
Section 2 Profiles of Buildings in Japan

Chapter2 Earthquake Insurance System in Japan [ 1,768KB (replaced in April 2009)]

 Section 1 Difficulties of Making Seismic Risk Insurable
Section 2 Needs and Concepts of Earthquake Insurance
Section 3 Establishment of the Earthquake Insurance System
Section 4 Transition of Earthquake Insurance System
Section 5 Specifics of Earthquake Insurance
Section 6 Reinsurance and Liability Reserves

Chapter3 Rating Method of Earthquake Insurance [ 1,237KB ]

 Section 1 Requirements for Premium Rates and Rating
Section 2 Estimation of Earthquake Damage for Rating for Earthquake Insurance

Chapter4 Laws and Regulation for Buildings and Disaster Victim Support [ 484KB ]

 Section 1 Laws and Regulations for Buildings
Section 2 System for Disaster Victim Support

Attachment [ 2,316KB (replaced in April 2009)]

 Attachment 1-1 Laws Concerning Earthquake Insurance
Attachment 1-2 Enforcement Order for the Law Concerning Earthquake Insurance
Attachment 1-3 Regulations for Enforcing the Law Concerning Earthquake Insurance
Attachment 2-1 Report Concerning the Earthquake Insurance Systems(1965)
Attachment 2-2 Report of the Insurance Council [extract]

Appendix [ 6,790KB (replaced in April 2009)]

 Appendix 1 Transition of Earthquake Insurance System
Appendix 2 Transition of Earthquake Insurance Premium Rate
Appendix 3 Explanation Table of Seismic Intensity Scale of Japan Meteorological Agency

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