Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.
We would like to express our most sincere condolences to all people who have been affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. (“TMNF,” president: Shuzo Sumi) will support our employees' volunteer activities on affected areas as part of the recovery support.
Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (President: Shuzo Sumi) has also donated to Japanese Red Cross Society and NPO organizations the funds raised from employees and agents of the Tokio Marine Group.
1. Support for employees' volunteer activities TMNF employees located close to Sendai city have been working on volunteer activities such as cleaning up of affected houses and clearing rubble away in Ishinomaki city through the use of "Volunteer Leave System"*1. From July, we will expand these volunteer activities to employs all over Japan.
| *1 | "Volunteer Leave System" |
| | TMNF has established "Volunteer Leave System" in 1999 for the purpose of promoting employees' volunteer activities. This system enables employees to take days off to participate in relief activities at the time of disasters or volunteer activities recommended by the company (up to ten days leave a year). The number of employees who used this system for the past three years was 209 for FY2008, 212 for FY2009 and 152 for FY2010. |
(Reference) Volunteer activities by new employees
New employees at TMNF of April, 2011 delivered on-the-ground assistance in Otsuchi-cho, Kamihei-gun, Iwate prefecture.
| Period: | May 11, 2011 - June 3, 2011 |
Number of participants:
| 83 Nationwide Type employees (counted off in four groups and worked on for four consecutive weeks) |
Details of activities:
| Cleaning up houses and clearing rubble away in Otsuchi-cho for three days from Wednesday to Friday every week. |
2. Donation from group company employees and agents (1) Total amount raised
| Group company employees and agents: | Approx. 121 million yen |
| Group companies: | Approx. 79 million yen |
| The matched equal amount from Tokio Marine Holdings: | 30 million yen |
| Total: | Approx. 230 million yen *2 |
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*2
| This includes donation of approximately 80 million yen from group companies and employees overseas. It does not include donations separately raised through the General Insurance Association of Japan and condolence money from the Life Insurance Association of Japan. |
(2) Donation details
| Donation details | Amount
(millions of yen) |
Funding for activities of victim assistance
Japan Platform (JPF), a specified nonprofit organization*3 |
60
|
Assistance for community restoration, elderly and children
Japan Earthquake Local NPO Support Fund
World Vision Japan, a specified nonprofit organization |
25
25
|
Assistance for children in affected areas
ASHINAGA |
41
|
Donation for affected areas and victims
Japan Red Cross
Red Cross in other countries and others |
3
76
|
*3 Amount raised at the first donation (in March)
Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. and Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. will continue to support recovery of the affected areas.
