DOCOMO Insurance Sponsors 'INID (Insurance Ideathon) 2026,' a Student Idea Competition Focused on the Insurance Sector

DOCOMO Insurance Co., Ltd. (Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Tadayoshi Yoshimura; hereinafter "the Company") is pleased to announce its sponsorship of "INID (Insurance Ideathon) 2026," a student idea competition specializing in the insurance domain. INID is an idea competition for Japanese university students and graduate students, exploring new possibilities for insurance. (https://inid.cien.group/)

The Company has aimed to utilize the power of technology to evolve insurance into a more accessible, understandable, and personalized service for each individual. Insurance is a system for preparing for the unexpected, and at the same time, it is a crucial infrastructure that supports people's peace of mind and adapts to societal changes. However, its value and potential have not yet been fully realized.

This sponsorship aims to foster new product and business ideas from the free-thinking of students, and to broaden opportunities for the younger generation to view insurance not as an "old system," but as a "field with room for evolution that can solve social issues."

### ■Background of Sponsorship

The social environment is facing a major turning point, driven by factors such as the declining birthrate and aging population, the increasing risk of climate change and natural disasters, changes in working styles and family structures, and advances in technology, including generative AI. Against this backdrop, the insurance industry is also required to review its conventional assumptions and create new value.

Future insurance needs to go beyond merely providing compensation/coverage, to redesign the entire relationship with policyholders, including prevention, monitoring, lifestyle support, and advanced financial touchpoints. The starting point for this is new perspectives unconstrained by conventional thinking.

Through its sponsorship of INID, the Company will contribute to creating a co-creation platform that opens up the future of insurance by expanding contact points between students' flexible ideas and various players such as universities, research laboratories, industry companies, media, and relevant government ministries.

### ■Our Goals for This Sponsorship

1. Discovering new possibilities for insurance through the free ideas of the next generation
- Moving beyond the conventional idea of "selling and buying" insurance, we will explore new possibilities for creating next-generation products and new businesses by exposing ourselves to free-thinking ideas based on new perspectives from various angles such as data, UX, AI, prevention, and lifestyle support.

2. Medium- to long-term contribution to the future of the insurance industry
- By communicating to students that insurance is not a rigid and closed industry, but an interesting field where they can take on themes with high social implementation potential, we aim to expand the base of the future talent pipeline.

3. Forming industry-academia-government and cross-industry connections and expanding co-creation opportunities
- Through contact points with universities, research laboratories, various companies in the industry, and the media, we will convey our concerns and challenging spirit, and aim to expand future co-creation opportunities.

### ■Representative Comment

Tadayoshi Yoshimura, Representative Director and President
"Insurance is a preparation for emergencies, and at the same time, it is a social infrastructure that supports people's challenges and peace of mind in life. And now, we believe its form is at a crucial timing to be significantly updated. As people's values change with the advancement of technology, future insurance requires ideas that are not merely an extension of industry common sense. The free and fresh ideas of students will surely bring new perspectives to the future of insurance. Through our sponsorship of INID, we will support the challenges of the next generation and evolve insurance to be more interesting and more useful to society through co-creation with diverse players."

### ■Future Outlook

Going forward, as an InsurTech company, the Company will continue to pursue the implementation of better experiences for policyholders and more desirable systems for society by combining insurance and technology. We will not let this sponsorship be a temporary public relations activity, but will connect it to the creation of new value in insurance through dialogue with the next generation, industry-academia-government collaboration, and cross-industry co-creation.

### ■About INID (Insurance Ideathon)

INID is an idea competition focused on the insurance domain, targeting Japanese university students and graduate students. It is operated as a platform to connect students' free ideas to society, based on the theme of new possibilities for insurance. It is organized by the "INID Executive Committee," formed through industry-academia collaboration in Japan, and supported by the Financial Services Agency. The winning team will be given the opportunity to participate in the world competition hosted by Nanyang Technological University and the Global Asia Insurance Partnership (GAIP) in Singapore.

Company Name
DOCOMO Insurance Co., Ltd.

Location
Urban Net Nihonbashi Building 3F, 2-14-10 Nihonbashi Ningyocho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

Representative
Tadayoshi Yoshimura, Representative Director and President

Business Description
Non-life insurance agency business, life insurance solicitation business