Insurer AIA posts 17% rise in 1st-half new business value
[HONG KONG] Asia-focussed insurer AIA Group Ltd on Friday posted a 17 per cent rise in new business value for the first half of the year, as it sold more high-margin insurance products in its main markets of Hong Kong and China.
AIA's value of new business, which measures expected profits from new premiums and is a key gauge for future growth, surged to US$1.95 billion in the half-yearly period ended in June, rising from US$1.61 billion a year earlier, the company said.
The insurance firm, whose business was first established in Shanghai nearly a century ago, now has a presence in 18 markets in Asia Pacific. Hong Kong, where AIA is based, accounts for the biggest share of its new business.
China is its second-largest market. AIA has reported strong growth in the world's second-largest economy in recent quarters helped by a regulatory crackdown on short-term investments packaged as insurance that has hurt many of its local rivals.
REUTERS
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