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AIA profits surge 15% in H1

Aug 5th at 14:37
05-08-2014 14:37:39+07:00

AIA profits surge 15% in H1

AIA Vietnam announced "tremendous growth" for the first half of 2014.

The company saw 23 per cent growth in the value of new businesses (VONB), which rose to US$792 million, and annualised new premiums (ANP), which went up 11 per cent to $1.69 billion. After-tax profits rose by 15 per cent to $1.457 billion.

"Besides diversified product portfolio development and quality improvement of customer services, we continue to constantly invest in perfecting the professionalism of the agency force," said CEO Stephen Clark.

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