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October 16, 2017
Daisuke Iwase, President
LIFENET INSURANCE COMPANY(Securities Code: 7157, TSE Mothers)

FY2017 2Q: INSURANCE PAYMENTS REPORT
1,609 payments for 2Q of FY2017
TOKYO, October 16, 2017 - LIFENET INSURANCE COMPANY (TSE Mothers 7157,President Daisuke Iwase, URL: http://ir.lifenet-seimei.co.jp/en/) announces the report on thenumber of insurance payments for the second quarter fiscal 2017, ending March 31, 2018.
The number of insurance payments made in the second quarter of fiscal 2017 resulted in1,609 cases, 15 of which were insurance claims and the remaining 1,594 benefit claims. Therewere 64 incidents which were assessed to be inapplicable during the same quarter. As a result,the number of insurance payments made in the first six months of FY2017 (April throughSeptember) resulted in 3,074 cases, 35 of which were insurance claims and 3,039 benefits, andthere were 125 incidents which were assessed to be inapplicable during the same period.
Lifenet believes the most important responsibility for an insurance company is to make claim
payments accurately and without delay, and we thrive to continue to accomplish this. Lifenet
makes every effort to ensure payment of insurance claims and benefits are made to thedesignated account within 5 business days*1 of receiving all necessary documents. In the firstsix months of fiscal 2017, the average insurance payment was made in 2.62 business days.*1

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Number of insurance payments and those which assessed inapplicable*2
FY2017 (April – September)
Insurance
payments

Inapplicablecases

Fraud

Illegalacquisition

Breachof
disclosure
duty

Criminal
intentExemption
fromresponsibility

Requestnotcoveredbypolicy

3,074

125

0047

2

175

Death benefit

311----

1-

Invalid carebenefit
Waiver ofpremium
Hospitalization
benefit
Surgery
benefit
Waiver ofpremium
Hospitalization
benefitHospitalization
benefit for
women
Surgery
benefitCancertreatment
benefit
Advanced
medical carebenefit
Waiver ofpremium
In-patient carebenefit
Out-patient
benefitCancertreatment
benefit
Advanced
medical carebenefit
Waiver ofpremium

4---------------

1,080

20--

22-

16347

6-----

63-------

554

39--

23-

-

16

173

12--

6-

-

6352

27-

-

11-

-

16

24-------

1---------------

225

5-

-

1-

-

4

170

5-

-

1-

-

412-

----------------------Disability
benefit*3

805-

-

--

-

5

Disability
benefit*3
Invalid carebenefit

184-

-

3-

-

1-

1-----

1

Total

Term life*4

Whole-life
medical*4

Whole-life
medical(2014) *4

Term-medical
care*4Long-term
disability*4Long-term
disability(2016) *4*1*2*3*4

Number of days is business day, with the day Lifenet receives all necessary documents counted as the first day. Does
not include the number of days required to obtain lacking documents. Cases which required fact confirmation before
insurance payments were made are not included when calculating the average number of days required for payment.
The number of payments made may differ from the number of policies as there may be multiple claims made from onepolicy.
The number of benefit payments for long-term disability is a total of all monthly individual claim applications during thespecified period, and may differ from the number of payments and/or number of claimants. During the second quarter offiscal 2017, the number of claimants who were paid disability benefits was 38.
Term life insurance: “Kazoku” and “au Term Insurance, Whole-life medical insurance: “Jibun”, Whole-life medical insurance(2014): New “Jibun”, New “Jibun” for Women, “au Medical Insurance” and “au Medical Insurance for Women”, Term-medicalcare insurance: “Jibun Plus”, Long-term disability insurance: “Hataraku-Hito”, Long-term disability insurance (2016):“Hataraku-Hito 2” and “au Long-term Disability Insurance”.

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Quarterly trend of the number of insurance payments

FY2017FY2016FY2015FY2014FY2013

FY2012

Insurance payments

Inapplicable cases

2Q(Jul.-Sep. 2017)

1,609

64

1Q

(Apr.-Jun. 2017)

1,46561

4Q(Jan.-Mar. 2017)

1,482

443Q

(Oct.-Dec. 2016)

1,453692Q(Jul.-Sep. 2016)

1,48365

1Q(Apr.-Jun. 2016)

1,406

434Q

(Jan.-Mar. 2016)

1,29454

3Q(Oct.-Dec. 2015)

1,286

33

2Q

(Jul.-Sep. 2015)

1,273

23

1Q

(Apr.-Jun. 2015)

1,18958

4Q(Jan.-Mar. 2015)

1,166

39

3Q

(Oct.-Dec. 2014)

1,224

38

2Q

(Jul.-Sep. 2014)

1,20373

1Q(Apr.-Jun. 2014)

1,240

56

4Q

(Jan.-Mar. 2014)

1,284

343Q

(Oct.-Dec. 2013)

1,348

53

2Q

(Jul.-Sep. 2013)

1,07930

1Q(Apr.-Jun. 2013)

911

414Q

(Jan.-Mar. 2013)

661

263Q(Oct.-Dec. 2012)

678

432Q

(Jul.-Sep. 2012)

537

81Q

(Apr.-Jun. 2012)

480

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About LIFENET URL： http://ir.lifenet-seimei.co.jp/en/
Returning to the original purpose of life insurance - mutual support - LIFENET INSURANCE
was founded with the goal of offering simple, convenient and competitively priced products andservices based on the highest levels of business integrity. We sell these products and services
directly to customers over the Internet. By using the Internet, we are able to offer highly costcompetitive products and accept applications from customers at any given time.
Contact:
Investor Relations, Corporate Planning DepartmentTel:+81-3-5216-7900
e-mail: ir@lifenet-seimei.co.jp
Disclaimer: This is a summarized translation/version of the original Japanese document, prepared and provided
solely for readers' convenience. In case of any discrepancy or dispute, the Japanese document prevails.

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