If a traffic accident victim experiences financial difficulties, he/she can claim tentative payout to CALI. After checking the submitted document, CALI tentatively pays a limited amount even before the total compensation amount is not confirmed.
Getting financially recovered from traffic accidents is challenging especially when it was caused by an uninsured car, people without enough money or insurance, or people who are not sincere for their fault. You can find what to do when you're involved in such accidents.
In Japan, there are two legal obligations when owning cars. The one is to purchase Compulsory Automobile Liability Insurance (CALI) and to pass Motor-vehicle Inspection (Sha-ken) every two years. You can find CALI's generic price in this article.
If you become a traffic accident victim in Japan, we recommend to make self application for payout from CALI. The reason is self application is quicker to get part of compensation money.
We explain an overview of how the average Japanese people compensate for car accident victims by using automobile insurance. In most of the cases, at-fault drivers compensate for victim's damages by using both Compulsory Automobile Liability Insurance (CALI) and voluntary insurance.
Jibaiseki is mandatory insurance for every vehicle owners in Japan. It's designed for protecting traffic accident victims.
If a victim got injuries in an automobile accident, CALI pays JPY1,200,000 as maximum based on actual monetary loss. You will see what cost items are compensated by CALI.
If an automobile accident victim was dead, CALI pays under JPY30,000,000 as compensation money to the bereaved family. However, CALI pays it out based on actual monetary loss. In this article, you can find what cost will be covered by the CALI's compensation.