Aflac Japan's Q1 2026 earnings call highlights growth in new cancer and medical insurance segments, with underlying premium pressures remaining. Despite strong sales momentum, the company anticipates flat or slightly declining earned premiums in 2026, influenced by lapses, reissue activities, and reinsurance effects.
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Which segments within Aflac are showing growth or decline in Japan for 2026, and what is the outlook for premium growth?
Based on Aflac management’s discussion in the Q1 2026 earnings call, the “segments” within Japan are primarily reflected through product lines (cancer, medical, and associated distribution/blocks affecting earned premium). The key message is:
Management is encouraged by momentum in new cancer insurance products, citing both ongoing favorable trends and specific product momentum:
Interpretation (growth vs decline):
Medical insurance is described as showing strong product-level sales results:
Interpretation (growth vs decline):
Although sales momentum is strong, management reports that earned premium is still under pressure:
This is the central issue behind “premium growth” in 2026: new sales are not yet translating into a sustained earned premium growth rate. 56
The outlook is explicitly quantified:
When asked why sales growth hasn’t yet lifted earned premium growth, management pointed to product-driven sales momentum plus operational adjustments (rates/underwriting and persistency/lapse dynamics). Specifically:
There is also a specific “temporary” headwind:
Bottom line on premium growth:
For 2026, the company is signaling premium growth in earned premium terms is not yet firmly positive: underlying earned premium is expected to remain negative 1% to 2% for the full year. 5 Product lines (cancer and medical) show strong sales growth and encouragement, but earned premium growth requires sufficient sales scale to offset JPY 90 billion of lapsation and must also clear persistency/lapse dynamics. 5413
Segments showing growth in Japan (for 2026):
Segments showing decline (or not-yet-recovery) in premium terms for 2026:
Outlook for premium growth (2026):
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