Creating a business independent of facility visits through online training

「Provided the online lesson service “RENAISSANCE Online Livestream” to customers of companies, including Sumitomo Life Insurance Company’s Vitality members, while promoting customized online lesson packages tailored to corporate needs.」

「In the B2B area, which supports the health of working people for companies and health insurance societies, we worked mainly on services for customers of companies through the online lesson service “RENAISSANCE Online Livestream” (hereinafter, “ROL”) and other services, centered on use by Sumitomo Life Insurance Company’s Vitality members.」

「We continued and expanded support for companies’ health and wellness initiatives through the online lesson service “RENAISSANCE Online Livestream” (hereinafter, “ROL”), centered on use by Sumitomo Life Insurance Company’s Vitality members. From August, we began offering preferential services at our sports clubs and through ROL to all policyholders of Aflac Life Insurance Japan in support of the company’s health promotion activities and their continuation.」

「For the online lesson service RENAISSANCE Online Livestream ("ROL"), use by Sumitomo Life Insurance Company's Vitality members increased, and we expanded the scope of ROL provision through Daido Life Insurance Company's activities to promote and advance health management among small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as through co-hosted health-related events with other companies.」

「For the online lesson service “RENAISSANCE Online Livestream” (hereinafter, “ROL”), we accelerated health and wellness support through companies, including increased use by Sumitomo Life Insurance Company’s Vitality members, support for Daido Life Insurance Company’s initiatives to promote and advance health management among small and medium-sized enterprises, and the provision of ROL to the video streaming service “U-NEXT” operated by U-NEXT Co., Ltd.」

「We also promoted exercise support for people with cancer, providing support to improve physical condition through exercise instruction at the Renaissance Exercise Support Center, established in the patient exchange building of the Osaka International Cancer Center, as well as through the online lesson service “RENAISSANCE Online Livestream.”」

「Enrolled membership at 31 March 2023 was 373,615, including 36,936 online members, up 12.2% year on year.」

「For the online lesson service “RENAISSANCE Online Livestream” (hereinafter, “ROL”), we expanded the service by adding lessons, introducing new programs, and increasing capacity, so that more people could easily pursue better health regardless of location.」

「For the online lesson service RENAISSANCE Online Livestream ("ROL"), we expanded the service by adding lessons, introducing new programmes and increasing capacity so that more people could conveniently work on their health regardless of location. Opportunities to provide ROL through companies and health insurance societies have also expanded, with the number of Sumitomo Life "Vitality" members using the service increasing steadily.」

「For the online lesson service “RENAISSANCE Online Livestream,” we substantially revamped the programs and worked to provide opportunities for members of Sumitomo Life “Vitality” and participating companies and health insurance societies to pursue better health regardless of location.」

「The number of members enrolled at our facilities at the end of the current consolidated fiscal year was 332,901, including 17,297 online members, up 0.7% year on year.」

「As a result, total active membership at the end of the cumulative second quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year was 324,252, including 10,362 online members, down 4.4% year on year.」

「In the B2B business for companies and health insurance societies, we had offered our online lesson service “RENAISSANCE Online Livestream” to Sumitomo Life “Vitality” members as a limited-time benefit through 30 June, beginning in the previous consolidated fiscal year, and the service had been used more than 560,000 times cumulatively in approximately 1 year. In response to requests from Vitality members for continued availability and in light of the spread of COVID-19, we began offering it as a standard benefit from July. In addition, to address the lack of exercise and frailty among elderly people living in nursing care facilities during the pandemic, we worked with SOMPOケア株式会社 to develop the “Online Exercise Class,” an exercise program connecting exercise instructors with nursing care facilities online, and began providing the service in April.」

「In June, we launched services that can be used safely at home, including the development of the online lesson service “RENAISSANCE Online Livestream” and the launch of our official online shop. More than 18,000 people had taken lessons cumulatively by the end of September. From October onward, we will strengthen the system, establish a framework enabling more people to participate in lessons, and promote the service’s provision to companies and local governments.」

「In response to these circumstances, in June we began providing sports club members with an online lesson-program streaming service as an initiative that does not rely solely on visits to facilities. Going forward, we plan to offer online programs to companies, health insurers and local governments, and develop new businesses by providing services that create opportunities for more people to exercise.」

「We are working to create businesses using online services and other tools that do not require visits to sports clubs, for both current members, including members on leave, and customers who are not current members. We also launched online training as an initiative to create new businesses that do not rely solely on facility visits.」