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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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The Yomiuri Shimbun

Insurance companies provide disaster data to local governments, volunteers

Volunteers help clean a house in Marumori, Miyagi Prefecture, in October 2019 after Typhoon No. 19 brought record-breaking rainfall to eastern Japan. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

Major nonlife insurance companies have started to provide disaster data to local governments and volunteers, in a bid to help them prepare and respond more effectively.

The use of artificial intelligence and satellites has made it easier to collect and analyze information on disasters, and nonlife insurance companies want to utilize the data they have to prepare for large disasters, which have occurred more frequently in recent years.

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