Support for the Social Contribution Activities of Employees

Under this program, the MS&AD Insurance Group matches the amount of funds collected from employees for victims of disasters.

Types of disaster covered

Domestic: disasters covered by the Disaster Relief Act, for which donations are collected
Overseas: large-scale disasters for which the Japan Business Federation provides information related to Assistance

Amount of donation

As a general rule, the same as the amount of donations collected from employees

Past donations
・Past donations in fiscal 2010 (Japanese only)
・Past donations up to fiscal 2009 (Japanese only)

MSI, Aioi Nissay Dowa and MSI Kirameki Life have instituted the system of Volunteer leave/temporary retirement, and supports employees to participate in the social service activities such as welfare activity, disaster-relief activity, bone-marrow donation.

Employees of MSI and Aioi Nissay Dowa attend seminars to learn about first-aid techniques and handling of automatic external defibrillators (AEDs). The seminars are held at fire departments or other such sites nationwide, and enable those attending to learn how to deal with emergency situations and people requiring emergency care.

“Clean-up activity in Oze”

At MSI, social activity supporters appointed at each office throughout Japan act as promoters of activities rooted in the community.

Support for greening and flower-bed planting
in Zoorasia Yokoham

At MSI Kirameki Life, employees engage in volunteer activities for protection of the environment and community contribution, in forms such as the planting of flower beds and green areas on the grounds of Zoorasia Yokohama Zoological Gardens. This activity has been undertaken twice a year (spring and autumn) since fiscal 2006, with the participation of an extended total of 786 volunteers including employees and their families. In fiscal 2010, as the winter activity, raking up fallen leaves event was held in the nature experience wood.

Activity for contribution to the local community in Shizuoka

At Aioi Nissay Dowa and its affiliate companies, employees, we strive to realize the safe, healthy and affluent society, and as one of activities to contribute to local community and society, to the protection of global environment, we are implementing the activities “Month of gratitude (thanks to community)” in each domestic area. In 2010, which saw the eighth year of this program, some 6,700 employees, agents and their families participated in a total of 110 projects. We were awarded “Second Make a CHANGE Day” of Executive committee Special Prize in its recognition of these activities.

In April 2011, the former MS&AD Smile Heart Club and the former Unison Donation Program were united to MS&AD Unison Smile Club and proceeding the communalizing the activities.

At the MS&AD Insurance Group, employees who agree with the activity donate 100 yen apiece from the employee’s salary to contribute to donation activity and social contribution activities. The number of the members in the entier Group is about 9,400. The main activities performed by each business company are as follows.

(Main activities of the Group)
・Donation to NPOs matched by the company
・Support program of world’s children through charity Christmas cards
・Let’s present knitted goods to children around the world Project
・Child line Support Program (supporting activities across the country)

Activities of MS&AD Unison Smile Club

Let’s present knitted goods to children
around the world project

Charity Christmas card

Main donation activities of Aioi Nissay Dowa
・Donation of 92 wheelchairs to all prefectures, 5 welfare vehicles, 196 school bags for new students of 32 orphan homes.
・Continuous donation to supporting groups of environmental preservation, medical welfare and nurturing assistance of assistant dogs.

Assistant dog, Hikari
(Donation to Guide Dog & Service Dogs Association of Japan)

Donation of wheelchairs

Event at welfare facility

MSI Local corporation, MSI Seguros(Brazil) is deploying the social contribution activities by employees’ donation and volunteers, such as support of handicapped children, donation of winter clothes to needy persons, contribution of food, clothes, sanitary goods for the victims of the flood in the southeastern Brazil happened in January 2011.
Especially for the support of handicapped children, in cooperation with the charity groups, it held events such as Easter, Mother’s day, cheers of world cup football, Children's Day, and Christmas by visiting 4 facilities. As a result of the continuous measure, bonds with children are generated and increasing the consciousness to social contribution in the whole company. Most employees participate in this activities , we will continue these activities.

Participation to road cleaning
/beautification activity in Hawaii

At Aioi Nissay Dowa overseas office, DTRIC in Hawaii, it has been engaging in the cleaning/beautification as part of activities of “Adopt-A-Highway program” conducted by Ministry of Transport in Hawaii for more than 10 years. A large number of employees and their families and friends participate in the activity every year and contribute for maintaining the safe and beautiful roads and also for the contribution of prevention of natural water in Hawaii.