TOPICSEmployee Dispatches to University Lectures
JER is promoting understanding of the earthquake insurance system by dispatching its employees to universities as lecturers. In fiscal 2017, JER sent its employees to the Nihon University College of Risk Management in June 2017 and the Tohoku University Faculty of Economics in September 2017. Using diagrams, the employees gave explanations covering theoutline of the earthquake insurance system, how reinsurance works, and the role played byearthquake insurance in the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Kumamoto Earthquakes tostudents taking courses on nonlife insurance at the two universities.

JER Representatives Give a Lecture to a Group fromAAUI and MAIPARK Visiting Japan for Training
JER representatives gave a presentation on the Japanese earthquake insurance system toa group from the General Insurance Association of Indonesia (Asosiasi Asuransi Umum Indonesia, AAUI) and MAIPARK, a specialist earthquake reinsurance company in Indonesia,
which visited Japan for training in November 2017. On this occasion, the JER representatives
explained subjects including earthquake risks and the outline of the household earthquake
insurance system in Japan. Like Japan, Indonesia is one of the most active areas on earthin terms of seismic activity. For this reason, people in Indonesia have a strong interest in theearthquake insurance system that is peculiar to Japan. The visitors from Indonesia asked thelecturers numerous questions, including how the premium rates for earthquake insurance arestructured and the roles assigned to the reinsurance provided by the Japanese government.

Major Earthquakes in the Past Year
Earthquakes that registered a maximum intensity of five or above on the Japanese seismic
scale in the period from July 2017 to June 2018 are shown in the following Table.
Date of occurrence

NameMagnitude(M)Maximum seismic intensity

July 11, 2017

Earthquake whose epicenter was in theKagoshima Bay

5.3

Strong 5: Kagoshima City

September 8, 2017

Earthquake whose epicenter was in thesouthern inland part of Akita Prefecture

5.2

Strong 5: Daisen City

April 9, 2018

Earthquake whose epicenter was in thewestern part of Shimane Prefecture

6.1

Strong 5: Ota CityMay 25, 2018

Earthquake whose epicenter was in thenorthern part of Nagano Prefecture

5.2

Strong 5: Sakae Village,Nagano Prefecture

June 18, 2018

Earthquake whose epicenter was in thenorthern part of Osaka Prefecture

6.1

Weak 6: Kita-ku, Osaka City,Takatsuki City, Hirakata City,
Ibaraki City and Minoh City

(Prepared by JER based on the results of a search of a seismic intensity databasepublished on the official website of the Meteorological Agency)

Japan Earthquake Reinsurance Co., Ltd. Annual Report 201811

Matters Relating to the Earthquake Whose Epicenter
was in the Northern Part of Osaka Prefecture
JER would like to express its heartfelt sympathy to people who suffered damage in the earthquake whose epicenter was in the northern part of Osaka Prefecture.
JER is working as one body with the nonlife insurance industry and the Japanese government
to deliver insurance payouts promptly and reliably to policyholders affected by this earthquake so that they can rebuild their livelihoods.
Outline of the earthquake
Date and time of occurrence:

June 18, 2018 at 7:58 a.m.

Magnitude:

6.1 (provisional figure)

Epicenter:Northern part of Osaka Prefecture

Seismic intensity registered in the respective areas (strong 5 or greater):
Weak 6:

Osaka Prefecture: Kita-ku, Osaka City, Takatsuki City, Hirakata City, Ibaraki
City and Minoh City

Strong 5: Osaka Prefecture: Miyakojima-ku, Osaka City, Higashi-Yodogawa-ku, OsakaCity, Asahi-ku, Osaka City, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka City,Toyonaka City, Suita City, Neyagawa City, Settsu City,
Katano City and Shimamoto Town
Kyoto Prefecture: Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto City, Nishikyoku, Kyoto City, Kameoka City, Nagaokakyo City, Yawata
City, Oyamazaki Town and Kumiyama Town
(Prepared by JER based on a document released by the Cabinet Office titled “Matters Relating to the State ofDamage, Etc. in Connection with the Earthquake Whose Epicenter was in the Northern Part of Osaka Prefecture”)

State of nonlife insurance industry responses
The General Insurance Association of Japan (GIAJ) has established a countermeasures headquarters in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, to respond to matters related to the earthquake withcomprehensive arrangements.
[State of earthquake insurance responses in the period from the occurrenceof the earthquake to the present: their state as of June 30, 2018]

12June 18, 2018

The GIAJ chairman’s comment: To people affected by the earthquake whose epicenter wasin the northern part of Osaka Prefecture

June 18, 2018

Matters relating to nonlife insurance industry responses to the earthquake whose epicenter
was in the northern part of Osaka Prefecture

June 19, 2018

Matters relating to special measures in connection with the earthquake in 2018 whoseepicenter was in the northern part of Osaka Prefecture

June 29, 2018

Matters relating to the number of earthquake insurance inquiries in connection with theearthquake in 2018 whose epicenter was in the northern part of Osaka Prefecture
54,212 inquiries as of Monday, June 25, 2018

Japan Earthquake Reinsurance Co., Ltd. Annual Report 2018