Miyagi Prefecture has decided to start subsidizing new households with disaster insurance in order to promptly rebuild their homes in the event of damage to their homes due to natural disasters such as heavy rains and earthquakes.
According to the prefecture, this is the first such subsidy project in Japan.
After February, earthquakes with a maximum seismic intensity of 5 lower or higher
Miyagi Prefecture is about to enter a rainy season, and it will be a time when heavy rains such as typhoons need to be watched. In addition, since February, earthquakes with a maximum seismic intensity of 5 lower or higher have occurred one after another, and it is necessary to prepare for the earthquake.
The prefecture has decided to start subsidizing new households with disaster insurance in order to promptly rebuild their homes in the event of damage to their homes due to natural disasters such as heavy rains and earthquakes.
This applies to households that have newly subscribed to flood compensation or fire insurance with earthquake compensation since April, and households that have already subscribed to flood compensation or earthquake compensation. is.
In the case of insurance for housing, the subsidy is half of the insurance premium for the first year or 3000 yen, whichever is lower.
According to Miyagi Prefecture, it is the first time in Japan that a prefecture has carried out such a subsidy project.