Employment Situation

The hiring practices of the MS&AD Insurance Group are transparent, fair, and people-centered.

MSI engages in transparent, fair, and people-centered hiring practices under the watchwords “tough spirits, big heart”. The ompany aims to secure human assets* endowed with an international perspective, good powers of independent thought and action, and an ability to help pioneer the new age.

Aioi Nissay Dowa bases its hiring practices on the recognition that talented human assets are the most important factor in building a company that places customer-satisfaction level-No.1 focused, and improving the quality of our services. The company is committed to hiring diverse human assets with individuality regardless of nationality, gender.

* Human assets: The MS&AD Insurance Group uses this term instead of “human resources”, in keeping with its intention of cherishing each and every employee.

MSI implements a one-day internship program in which students can learn about the non-life insurance business and get firsthand experience of the social worth of such insurance. In fiscal 2011, the program drew the participation of about 3,000 students from across Japan. About 630 students took part in an overnight (one night and two days) internship program that brings interns closer to the actual work of sales and claims handling.

From fiscal 2011, Aioi Nissay Dowa will implement a five-day internship program for university students with a goal of improving the understanding the appeal and meaning of non-life insurance through the experience of the work at sales department.

Aioi Nissay Dowa is committed to hiring diverse human assets with individuality. The company publishes company information on a dedicated employment opportunities website, expanding and enhancing its seminars and opportunities for employee visits, and enhancing partnerships with career counseling departments of universities.

MSI and Aioi Nissay Dowa hold seminars at which small groups of potential hires can hold a dialogue with its employees. The goal of these seminars is to improve university students' understanding of insurance-related jobs. About 30,000 students have participated in the seminars at MSI and 27,000 students at Aioi Nissay Dowa.

About 1,100 of the MSI employees post profiles of themselves on the hiring page of the company website. The company has prepared a system under which students can freely select employees they would like to meet and pay visits to them during a five-month period (from November 2010 to March 2011). In fiscal 2010, about 3,500 students made use of this system, which many said was extremely helpful for learning about the nature of the work and the corporate culture.

With the goal of supporting the growth of students until they enter the company, Aioi Nissay Dowa holds seminars in October for university students to which it has made preliminary provisional job offers, and in October it holds a ceremony for those who have received provisional job offers and a seminar for those individuals on the same day. Distance training and other programs are used to improve the knowledge, awareness, and skills of provisional hires before entering the company.

The program for rehiring employees who have reached retirement age allows employees who so desire to continue exercising their talents by applying the experience and skills they have accumulated in their past work.

MSI and Aioi Nissay Dowa have a program to rehire employees after they have reached retirement age. Employment contracts can be renewed in accordance with such factors as the company's operating needs and the nature of the job, enabling employees to work until a maximum age of 65.

The MS&AD Insurance Group companies continue to engage in hiring activities to expand and anchor places of employment for the challenged. They are also conditioning workplaces and developing duties to facilitate work by challenged persons.
In fiscal 2009, the employment rate(monthly average) of the challenged was 1.90% (number 202) at MSI and 1.94%(number 171) at the former Aioi.
In fiscal 2010, the employment rate(monthly average) of the challenged was 1.79% (number 223) at MSI and 1.91%(number 242) at Aioi Nissay Dowa.