First-Aviva Life Insurance Co, Ltd (First-Aviva), the life insurance joint venture between Aviva and First Financial Holdings in Taiwan, announced that the board of directors has passed the resolution to appoint Robin Lin as the CEO of the company.
First-Aviva Life Insurance Co, Ltd (First-Aviva), the life insurance joint venture between Aviva and First Financial Holdings in Taiwan, announced that the board of directors has passed the resolution to appoint Robin Lin as the CEO of the company. The appointment will come into effect upon the approval of the Financial Supervisory Commission.
Mr Lin has an actuarial background and over 15 years of experience working with leading foreign and domestic life insurers in the capacities of actuarial, and product strategy and distribution. He has previously held senior management positions at Capital Insurance, Singfor Life and ACE Life respectively.
In his new role as CEO of First-Aviva, Mr Lin will be responsible for the joint venture's bancassurance business, and the expansion of Aviva's product offering and intermediary distribution channels in Taiwan.
Mr Lin replaces Christopher Knight, who has returned to Aviva's headquarters in London.
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Enquiries:
Stephenie Vasko - Aviva Asia Pte Ltd
Telephone: +65 6829 1809
E-mail: stephenie_vasko@aviva-asia.com
Belinda Chung - Edelman Hong Kong
Telephone: +852 2837 4721
E-mail: belinda.chung@edelman.com
Notes to editors:
About First Aviva
- First-Aviva is an insurance joint venture between Aviva and First Financial Holdings.
- Established with an initial capital of NT$2.25 billion, the joint venture is owned 49% by Aviva and 51% by First Financial Holdings.
- First-Aviva offers innovative long-term savings and pension products distributed through an exclusive bancassurance agreement with First Commercial Bank, First Financial Holdings' flagship subsidiary, which has 190 branches in Taiwan.
About Aviva
- Aviva is the leading provider of life and pension products in Europe with substantial positions in other markets around the world, making it the world's fifth largest insurance group based on gross worldwide premiums at 31 December 2007.
- Aviva's principal business activities are long-term savings, fund management and general insurance, with worldwide total sales of £49.2 billion at 31 December 2007 and funds under management of £359 billion at 30 June 2008.
- In Asia Pacific, Aviva operates in Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Korea, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Taiwan, Australia and the Middle East. It sells its products and services via a multi-distribution model including direct sales force, insurance intermediaries and bancassurance channels.
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