September 16, 2016

Name of Listed Company: MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

Name of Representative: Yasuyoshi Karasawa, President

(Securities Code: 8725, Tokyo Stock Exchange and Nagoya Stock Exchange)

Contact: Corporate Communications and Investor Relations Dept. e-mail: ms_ad_ir@ms-ad-hd.com

MS&AD Insurance Group Hpoldings selected in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. (President: Yasuyoshi Karasawa) has been selected as an index component of both DJSI World Index and DJSI Asia Pacific index of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indicies ("DJSI"), the world's leading ESG investment index, on September 8, 2016.

Based on its mission, "to contribute to the development of a vibrant society and help secure a sound future for the earth by bringing security and safety", MS&AD Insurance Group as a whole will strive to enhance enterprise value and contribute to the development of a sustainable and resilient society through its insurance and financial services business in the future.

  1. Key points in DJSI Wolrd and DJSI Asia Pacific selection

    MS&AD Insurance Group has been recognized for its new services utilizing ICT and strenthening contact with customers as it is vital to the long-term growth of a company.

    Furthermore, one of the serious global issues that we seek to resolve is the recitification of poverty and economic inequality, and the Group has been rated highly for its efforts to spread insurance services to a wide range of people such as activitly conducting operations for people in poverty and in towns and villages with small populations in Asia and in India in particular.

  2. Overview of the DJSI

    • DJSI is an ESG investment indicator jointly created by US-based S&P Dow Jones and the Swiss ESG investment research and ratings firm RobecoSAM in 1999.

  • Around 2,500 global leading companies are evaluated on the basis of "economic, environmental, and social" aspects, and companies in the top 10 to 20 percent of each segment, globally (DJSI World) and for each region (DJSI Asia Pacific, Europe, North America etc.) are selected as the index components in DJSI.

    • DJSI is widely used when institutional investors select companies to invest in with the expectation of the long-term growth of the company and the resolution of social issues.

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