AIA to buy 25% of China Post Life Insurance for $1.9 billion
Reuters
Published Jun 29, 2021 05:48AM ET
Updated Jun 29, 2021 06:35AM ET
HONG KONG (Reuters) -AIA Group Ltd has agreed to buy a 24.99% stake in China Post Life Insurance Co., Ltd. for 12 billion yuan ($1.86 billion), it said on Tuesday, increasing the insurer's presence in China which provided a third of its new business in 2020.
AIA said in a stock exchange filing that its wholly-owned Chinese life insurance business would remain independent of this investment.
China Post Life is a subsidiary of China's postal service operator, China Post Group Co. Ltd. and targets Chinese mass market and emerging mass-affluent consumers selling its products via Postal Savings Bank of China, also a China Post subsidiary.
Its value of new business (VONB), which measures expected profits from new premiums and is an important gauge of future growth, was 1.866 billion yuan ($289.11 million) for 2020.
AIA's China operations, which target middle-class and affluent customers had a VNOB of $968 million for 2020, and accounted for 32% of AIA Group (OTC:AAGIY)'s total.
"The Chinese insurance market is already the second-largest in the world with immense long-term growth opportunities," AIA’s Group Chief Executive and President Lee Yuan Siong said in a statement, adding the investment would enable AIA to benefit from additional distribution channels and customer segments.
The deal remains subject to approval from the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission.
($1 = 6.4544 Chinese yuan renminbi)
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