South Korea Life Insurance Market Summary, Competitive Analysis and Forecast to 2027
Summary
Life Insurance in South Korea industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value and volume 2017-22, and forecast to 2027). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.
Key Highlights
- The value of the life insurance market is shown in terms of gross premium incomes from mortality protection and retirement savings plans.
- The South Korean life insurance market had total gross written premiums of $106.5 billion in 2022, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.4% between 2017 and 2022.
- The Life Insurance segment accounted for market's the largest proportion in 2022, with total gross written premiums of $84.3 billion, equivalent to 79.2% of the market's overall value.
- The Pension/Annuity segment contributed gross written premiums of $22.2 billion in 2022, equating to 20.8% of the market's aggregate value. South Korea's fertility rate was expected to be 1.1 births per woman in 2022, with a 100.4 gender ratio. The performance of the market is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 3.2% for the five-year period 2022 - 2027, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $124.9billion by the end of 2027.
- Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, major segments, and leading players in the life insurance market in South Korea
- Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the life insurance market in South Korea
- Leading company profiles reveal details of key life insurance market players’ global operations and financial performance
- Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the South Korea life insurance market with five year forecasts by both value and volume
- What was the size of the South Korea life insurance market by value in 2022?
- What will be the size of the South Korea life insurance market in 2027?
- What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the South Korea life insurance market?
- How has the market performed over the last five years?
- What are the main segments that make up South Korea's life insurance market?
- 1 Executive Summary
- 1.1. Market value
- 1.2. Market value forecast
- 1.3. Category segmentation
- 1.4. Geography segmentation
- 1.5. Market share
- 1.6. Market rivalry
- 1.7. Competitive landscape
- 2 Market Overview
- 2.1. Market definition
- 2.2. Market analysis
- 3 Market Data
- 3.1. Market value
- 4 Market Segmentation
- 4.1. Category segmentation
- 4.2. Geography segmentation
- 5 Market Outlook
- 5.1. Market value forecast
- 6 Five Forces Analysis
- 6.1. Summary
- 6.2. Buyer power
- 6.3. Supplier power
- 6.4. New entrants
- 6.5. Threat of substitutes
- 6.6. Degree of rivalry
- 7 Competitive Landscape
- 7.1. Market share
- 7.2. Who are the leading players?
- 7.3. What strategies do leading players follow?
- 7.4. What has been the rationale behind recent M&A activity?
- 7.5. How has the COVID-19 outbreak impacted the market?
- 8 Company Profiles
- 8.1. Hanwha Life Insurance Co Ltd
- 8.2. Kyobo Life Insurance Co Ltd
- 8.3. Samsung Life Insurance Co Ltd
- 8.4. Mirae Asset Life Insurance Co Ltd
- 9 Macroeconomic Indicators
- 9.1. Country data
- 10 Appendix
- 10.1. Methodology
- 10.2. Industry associations
- 10.3. Related MarketLine research
- 10.4. About MarketLine
- List of Tables
- Table 1: South Korea life insurance market value: $ billion, 2017-22
- Table 2: South Korea life insurance market category segmentation: % share, by value, 2017–2022
- Table 3: South Korea life insurance market category segmentation: $ billion, 2017-2022
- Table 4: South Korea life insurance market geography segmentation: $ billion, 2022
- Table 5: South Korea life insurance market value forecast: $ billion, 2022-27
- Table 6: South Korea life insurance market share: % share, by value, 2022
- Table 7: Hanwha Life Insurance Co Ltd: key facts
- Table 8: Hanwha Life Insurance Co Ltd: Annual Financial Ratios
- Table 9: Hanwha Life Insurance Co Ltd: Key Employees
- Table 10: Kyobo Life Insurance Co Ltd: key facts
- Table 11: Kyobo Life Insurance Co Ltd: Key Employees
- Table 12: Kyobo Life Insurance Co Ltd: Key Employees Continued
- Table 13: Samsung Life Insurance Co Ltd: key facts
- Table 14: Samsung Life Insurance Co Ltd: Annual Financial Ratios
- Table 15: Samsung Life Insurance Co Ltd: Key Employees
- Table 16: Mirae Asset Life Insurance Co Ltd: key facts
- Table 17: Mirae Asset Life Insurance Co Ltd: Annual Financial Ratios
- Table 18: Mirae Asset Life Insurance Co Ltd: Key Employees
- Table 19: South Korea size of population (million), 2018–22
- Table 20: South Korea gdp (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 2018–22
- Table 21: South Korea gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2018–22
- Table 22: South Korea inflation, 2018–22
- Table 23: South Korea consumer price index (absolute), 2018–22
- Table 24: South Korea exchange rate, 2017–21
- List of Figures
- Figure 1: South Korea life insurance market value: $ billion, 2017-22
- Figure 2: South Korea life insurance market category segmentation: $ billion, 2017-2022
- Figure 3: South Korea life insurance market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2022
- Figure 4: South Korea life insurance market value forecast: $ billion, 2022-27
- Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the life insurance market in South Korea, 2022
- Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the life insurance market in South Korea, 2022
- Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the life insurance market in South Korea, 2022
- Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the life insurance market in South Korea, 2022
- Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the life insurance market in South Korea, 2022
- Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the life insurance market in South Korea, 2022
- Figure 11: South Korea life insurance market share: % share, by value, 2022
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