Commercial Non-Life Insurance Brokers in Japan

Commercial Non-Life Insurance Brokers in Japan and the BrokerBASE™ that accompanies it investigate the importance of both brokers and multi-tied agencies in the distribution of non-life insurance for businesses in Japan. This report first provides unique data for the size, segmentation and growth of the Japanese commercial non-life insurance market itself. It then quantifies the share of this market that is intermediated by brokers and multi-tied agencies, and, based on extensive primary research covering around 70 such entities in total, it ranks the leading 20 brokers and 15 multi-tied agencies in Japan according to their revenues from commercial non-life insurance, excluding income from other activities such as personal lines and employee benefits.

This report provides unique data in the following areas:

• the value of commercial non-life insurance markets for 2008 to 2012;

• the share of this market distributed by brokers and multi-tied agencies in 2008 and 2012;

• the revenues generated by commercial non-life insurance business for brokers and multi-tied agencies in 2008 and 2012;

• the concentration of the markets for commercial non-life insurance broking and multi-tied agency activities;

• forecasts for 2016 for the value of commercial non-life insurance premiums, brokers' and multi-tied agencies' share of this market, and the revenues of both types of intermediary from commercial non-life insurance business.

• to quantify the size and dynamism of the broker and multi-tied agency markets for commercial non-life insurance in Japan;

• to utilise a single comprehensive source of information that uses a uniform methodology to size the underlying commercial non-life insurance market and to quantify the share of distribution of brokers and multi-tied agencies;

• to assess a range of potential business opportunities: from selecting targets for acquisition to niche product development and ideas for distribution partnerships;

• to understand the competitive landscape in Japan through its market concentration, the importance of international brokers, and the distribution strategies of both brokers and multi-tied agencies;

• to identify the leading brokers and multi-tied agencies in Japan, with coverage of competitors such as Hitachi Insurance Services, Kyoritsu Insurance Brokers, Marsh, MST Insurance Service, MST Risk Consulting and Sojitz Insurance.