Yoshiaki Shin

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd. engages in the non-life insurance business of the MS&AD Insurance Group. It operates through the following segments: Domestic Property and Casualty Insurance, Overseas Operations, and Others. The Domestic Property and Casualty Insurance segment handles fire, marine, accident, automobile and automobile damage liability insurance services. The Overseas Operations segment provides the non-life insurance solutions to clients outside in the Japan. The Others segment consists of financial and risk-related services. It also provides the insurance and financial service businesses globally. The company was founded on October 21, 1918 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

DSB Co., Ltd. engages in the provision of back-office, information technology, securities, and financial services. It operates through the following segments: Back Office, Information Technology (IT) Service, Securities and Finance. The Back Office segment includes securities planning, account opening, audit support, mail management and staffing services for brokerage firms and financial institutions. The IT Service segment manages and maintains securities-related systems. The Securities segment deals with securities trading and brokerage services. The Finance segment offers loans and collateralized securities. The company was founded on May 13, 1957 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

The Group's principal activity is to provide non-life insurance and reinsurance services including automobile, aviation, burglary, commercial credit, compulsory automobile liability, all risks, fire, liability, machinery, marine, nuclear energy and personal accident. The Group's subsidiaries and associated companies are involved in the following businesses: Non-life Insurance and Life Insurance services. The Non-life Insurance operations include non-life insurance underwriting, assets investment/management. The Life Insurance operations include life insurance underwriting, assets investment/management. As on 01-Apr-2008, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co Ltd. performed a share transfer to become a holding company which works to improve corporate governance of the entire group and plays a vital role in developing group strategy, distributing management resources, auditing and monitoring its group companies and the overall administration of the entire group. It also plays a central part in maximizing the aggregate potential of the group by improving business management, pursuing group synergy, accelerating decision making and nurturing employees through a diverse business/human resources systems.