Market Trends of Life and Non-Life Insurance Industry
This section covers the major market trends shaping the South Korea Life & Non-Life Insurance Market according to our research experts:
Constant Increase in Vehicle Sales
The number of vehicle registration has constantly increased over the past four years. Last year, it grew by 3.0 %, respectively 2.7 % for personal vehicles and 7.9 % for commercial vehicles, personal vehicles had the largest share with 80.5% in 2018, followed by trucks with 15.5 %, and buses with 3.6 %. Expenses incurred by automobile have decreased by 5.1 %. Automobile insurances have constantly been in deficit for a long time. Especially, the underwriting result of the automobile insurance has declined to the previous year, recorded -725 billion won in 2018 However, its growth rate declined since 2015 due to economic uncertainty.
High insurance penetration as per the percentage of GDP:
Insurance penetration in the Korean insurance market was a remarkable 11.2% in 2018 which placed it 5th in the world and 3rd in Asia. Much like insurance density, life insurance had a higher penetration rate at 6.1% compared to non-life insurance at 5.1%. Insurance density reached USD 3,465 in 2018 which placed Korea into 17th place overall in the world. Life and non-life insurance density totaled USD 1,898 and USD 1,567 respectively.
