February 16, 2018

Name of Listed Company:

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

Name of Representative:

Yasuyoshi Karasawa, President & CEO

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

Contact:

Corporate Communications and Investor Relations Dept.

http://www.ms-ad-hd.com/en/ir/contact/index.html

The MS&AD Insurance Group Received

RobecoSAM Sustainability Awards "Bronze Class"

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. (President & CEO: Yasuyoshi Karasawa) has received the Bronze Class award for 2 consecutive years in Sustainability rating by RobecoSAM, a world's leading investment specialist focused exclusively on Sustainability Investing headquartered in Switzerland.

This rating method based on RobecoSAM's assessment of corporate sustainability has been conducted each year since 1999. In 2017, total 2,479 global companies from 60 industries were assessed in this Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA).

1. About RobecoSAM's CSA

The RobecoSAM Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) is an annual evaluation of major global companies' sustainability practices focusing on economic, environmental and social factors. The results are published in the Sustainability Yearbook. This time 2017, 73 Gold Class, 78 Silver Class and 118 Bronze Class were awarded.

2. The reason of recognition for the MS&AD Insurance Group

The MS&AD Insurance Group has demonstrated improvement such as the formulation of basic human rights policy based on "UN Framework on Business and Human Rights" and strengthening disclosure of the types of products that contribute to environmental and social issues and their contents, results, etc.

In 2017, the MS&AD Insurance Group was also selected as an index component of RobecoSAM's ESG indices which are the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) and the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index (DJSI Asia Pacific).

Our company's mission is to contribute to the development of a vibrant society and help secure a sound future for the world through the global insurance and financial services business. MS&AD Insurance Group will strive to create a sustainable and resilient society.

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MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. is a leading global insurance organization, engaging in the management of its group companies which are Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd., Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co., Ltd. and others. Our mission is to contribute to the development of a vibrant society and help secure a sound future for the world. MS&AD Insurance Group enables safety and peace of mind through the world-leading insurance and financial services business to customers in 47 countries and jurisdictions. For a sustainable and resilient society, MS&AD InsuranceGroup commits to build on creating shared value with stakeholders.

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