NEWS RELEASE
April 6, 2018
Daisuke Iwase, President
LIFENET INSURANCE COMPANY(Securities Code: 7157, TSE Mothers)

March 2018: MONTHLY DISCLOSURE
Annualized premium of new business for fiscal 2017 was 1,714 million yen, 126% of fiscal 2016TOKYO, April 6, 2018 – LIFENET INSURANCE COMPANY (TSE Mothers 7157, President
Daisuke Iwase, URL: http://ir.lifenet-seimei.co.jp/en/) announces the monthly businessperformance for March 2018.
Annualized premium*1 of new business in the month of March 2018 was 184 million yen (119%of March 2017). Annualized premium*1 of new business for fiscal 2017 was 1,714 million yen(126% of fiscal 2016). The number of applications in the month of March 2018 was 5,388 (109%of March 2017), with the number of new business at 4,255 (120% of March 2017). The number of
new business for fiscal 2017 at 39,175 (132% of fiscal 2016).
Accordingly, annualized premium*1 of policies-in-force was 11,147 million yen. The number ofpolicies-in-force as of the end of March 2018 resulted in a total of 263,850, and sum insured ofpolicies-in-force stands at 2,059,708 million yen.
In March 2018, insurance premiums and claims and benefits recorded 909 million yen (110%of March 2017) and 127 million yen (97% of March 2017), respectively.
Lifenet renewed Term Life product Kazoku, revising not only insurance premium but also
product by expanding its coverage options on April 2, 2018. Besides, Lifenet launched auCancer Insurance as one of product lineup of au Life Insurance with Refunds currently soldthrough KDDI CORPORATION on the same day.
TopicsMar. 9Received Award of Excellence in the TOKYO WORK CIRCLE PROJECT
http://file.swcms.net/file/lifenet-seimei/en/news/index/auto_20180309486287/pdfFile.pdf

Mar. 12

Announced Sales of the Revised Term Life Product Kazoku
http://file.swcms.net/file/lifenet-seimei/en/news/index/auto_20180312487842/pdfFile.pdf

Mar. 19

Received Award of Both EAP and LGBT-friendly Categories in the White Company Award
http://file.swcms.net/file/lifenet-seimei/en/news/index/auto_20180319492820/pdfFile.pdf

Mar. 22

Announcement of Changes in Representative Director and Director
http://file.swcms.net/file/lifenet-seimei/en/news/index/auto_20180322494699/pdfFile.pdf
Announcement of Election of Executive Officers
http://file.swcms.net/file/lifenet-seimei/en/news/index/auto_20180322494705/pdfFile.pdf

Mar. 29

Announced Sales of au Cancer Insurance in New Product Lineup of au Life Insurance withRefunds
http://file.swcms.net/file/lifenet-seimei/en/news/index/auto_20180329400419/pdfFile.pdf

Lifenet’s steady growth of polices-in-force has been driven by the public’s increasing support andinterest in its Manifesto; to offer simple, convenient and competitively priced products and services
based on the highest levels of business integrity. Lifenet will continue to build its customers’ trustand satisfaction by improving our website and contact center, by ensuring thorough and transparent
disclosure of information, and by adhering to our Manifesto, offering our products and services
twenty four hours a day, seven days a week through the convenience of our website.
(Manifesto of Lifenet http://ir.lifenet-seimei.co.jp/en/company/manifesto.html)

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Number of new business, polices-in-force and premiums and claims (preliminary report)*2
Number of new business (month)Mar. 2018Mar. 2017

Number of applications

5,388

4,931

Number of new business

4,255

3,556

Sum insured of new business*3(million yen)

18,805

17,947

184

154

12099

Apr. 2017 – Mar. 2018

Apr. 2016 – Mar. 2017

Number of applications

52,53940,742

Number of new business

39,17529,741

Sum insured of new business*3(million yen)

184,857

158,942

1,714

1,361

1,118865

Annualized premium*1(million yen)
- excl. death coverage (million yen)
Number of new business (accumulated total)

Annualized premium*1 (million yen)
- excl. death coverage (million yen)
Number of policies-in-force

End of Mar. 2018
263,850

239,800- Term Life*4

131,257

122,952- Whole-life Medical*4

76,60871,172- Term Medical Care*4

9,924

10,462- Long-term Disability*4

42,62935,214- Cancer*4

3,432

-

2,059,708

1,966,965

11,147

10,088

5,482

4,756

Number of policies-in-force

Sum insured of policies-in-force*3 (million yen)
Annualized premium*1 (million yen)
- excl. death coverage (million yen)
Insurance premiums and claims (million yen)

*1:

*2:
*3:
*4:

End of Mar. 2017

Mar. 2018Mar. 2017

Insurance premiums

909826

Insurance claims and benefits

127132

Annualized premium is the amount of money equivalent to what is to be paid to have the insurance coverage for one year. All
payments for Lifenet products are in monthly installments, thus the annualized premium is calculated as multiplying the monthly
premium by 12 months.
This report is preliminary and may be different from the final settlement report.
Sum insured of new business and sum insured of polices-in-force are the sum of death coverage, and do not include medicaland survival coverage.
Term Life insurance: Kazoku and au Term Insurance, Whole-life Medical insurance: Jibun, New Jibun, New Jibun for Women,
au Medical Insurance and au Medical Insurance for Women, Term Medical Care insurance: Jibun Plus, Long-term Disability
insurance: Hataraku-Hito, Hataraku-Hito 2 and au Long-term Disability Insurance, Cancer insurance: Double Yell.

Contact:
Investor Relations, Corporate Planning DepartmentTel:+81-3-5216-7900
e-mail: ir@lifenet-seimei.co.jp
Disclaimer: This is a summarized translation 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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