Life Insurance in Japan

Life Insurance in Japan

Datamonitor's Life Insurance in Japan industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the life insurance industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information.

Scope

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and/or segmentation

* Provides textual analysis of the industry’s recent performance and future prospects

* Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards

* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

* The leading companies are profiled with supporting key financial metrics

* Supported by the key macroeconomic and demographic data affecting the market

Highlights

* Detailed information is included on market size, measured by value and/or volume

* Five forces scorecards provide an accessible yet in depth view of the market’s competitive landscape

* Market shares are covered by manufacturer or brand

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Market Definition

The value of the life insurance market is shown in terms of gross premium incomes from mortality protection and retirement savings plans. All currency conversions have been calculated using constant 2007 annual average exchange rates.

The insurance market depends on a variety of economic and non-economic factors and future performance is difficult to predict. The forecast given in this report is not based on a complex economic model, but is intended as a rough guide to the direction in which the market is likely to move. This forecast is based on a correlation between past market growth and growth of base drivers, such as GDP, population growth and long-term interest rates.

For the purpose of this report the Americas comprises Brazil, Canada, Mexico and the US.

Europe comprises Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

Asia-Pacific comprises Australia, China, Japan, India, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.

The global figure comprises the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3
CHAPTER 1 Market Overview 7
1.1 Market Definition 7
1.2 Research Highlights 7
1.3 Market Analysis 8
CHAPTER 2 Market Value 9
CHAPTER 3 Market Segmentation I 10
CHAPTER 4 Market Segmentation II 11
CHAPTER 5 Market Share 12
CHAPTER 6 Five Forces Analysis 13
6.1 Summary 13
6.2 Buyer Power 14
6.3 Supplier Power 16
6.4 New Entrants 17
6.5 Substitutes 18
6.6 Rivalry 19

CHAPTER 7 Leading Companies 20
7.1 Nippon Life Insurance Company 20
7.2 Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company, The 23
7.3 Sumitomo Life Insurance Company 25
7.4 Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company 26
CHAPTER 8 Market Forecasts 28
8.1 Market Value Forecast 28
CHAPTER 9 Macroeconomic Indicators 29
CHAPTER 10 Appendix 30
10.1 Methodology 30
10.2 Industry Associations 31
10.3 Related Datamonitor Research 31

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Japan Life Insurance Market Value: $ billion, 2003-2007 9
Table 2: Japan Life Insurance Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2007 10
Table 3: Japan Life Insurance Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2007 11
Table 4: Japan Life Insurance Market Share: % Share, by Value, 2007 12
Table 5: Key Facts: Nippon Life Insurance Company 16
Table 6: Key Financials: Nippon Life Insurance Company 18
Table 7: Key Facts: Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company, The 19
Table 8: Key Financials: Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company, The 20
Table 9: Key Facts: Sumitomo Life Insurance Company 21
Table 10: Key Facts: Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company 22
Table 11: Japan Life Insurance Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2007-2012 24
Table 12: Japan Size of Population (million) , 2003-2007 25
Table 13: Japan GDP (Constant 2000 Prices, $ billion), 2003-2007 25
Table 14: Japan Exchange Rate, 2003 25