What is AIA?

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Aia on the AIA logo is the abbreviation of the company's English name, and AIA's English full name is: American AIA Company.

AIA Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries are life insurance groups listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, covering 65,438+08 markets in the Asia-Pacific region, including Chinese mainland, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan Province Province of China, Vietnam, Brunei, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China and New Zealand, as well as 49 Indian joint ventures.

AIA provides a series of products and services, including life insurance, accident and medical insurance and savings plan, to meet the needs of individual customers in long-term savings and security. In addition, the Group also provides employee benefits, credit insurance and retirement protection services to corporate customers. Through a vast network of exclusive agents, partners and employees all over Asia, the Group serves more than 4,654,380+million individual policy holders and more than 654,380+07 million group insurance plan participants.

The development course of AIA

19 19, Cornelius Vander Starr, an American, founded a small insurance institution, American Asiatic Underwriters, in Shanghai, which only engaged in property insurance business.

192 1 year, Mr. Shi Dai entered the life insurance market and founded the Asian life insurance company in Shanghai, becoming the first foreign company to promote life insurance to China natives-AIA.

1926, Mr. Shi Dai returned to new york, founded American international insurer, and gradually developed into a well-known American international group.

1947, AIA's headquarters moved to Hong Kong, officially renamed AIA (American International Assurance Company) and became a wholly-owned subsidiary of AIG.

From 65438 to 0992, AIA returned to its hometown and set up a branch in Shanghai, becoming the first foreign insurance institution to obtain a life insurance license in China. At the same time, the introduction of personal agent system into China has opened a new era of rapid development of life insurance industry in China.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-AIA