Hong Kong-based insurer AIA Group has posted a web revenue of $2.25bn within the first half of 2023, a surge of fifty% in contrast with $1.54bn within the year-ago interval.
The corporate attributed the surge in revenue to mark-to-market actions from fairness and actual property investments supporting non-participating enterprise in addition to shareholder surplus.
For the six-month interval ended 30 June 2023, working revenue after tax (OPAT) was $3.27bn, up 0.2% from $3.35bn a yr in the past.
The group’s worth of latest enterprise (VONB) elevated by 37% to $2.02bn from $1.53bn within the first half of 2022.
Diluted earnings per share rose 56% to $19.37 from $12.81 a yr in the past.
The annualised new premiums (ANP) have been $3.9bn, up 49% in contrast with $2.77bn within the first half of 2022.
The corporate declared a dividend of HK$42.29 cents per share (cps) for the interval, up 5% from HK$40.28 cents per share final yr.
AIA additionally revealed that it has a free surplus of $16.3bn on the finish of H1 2023, which the corporate plans to spend money on natural contemporary enterprise progress, execute inorganic progress initiatives and cushion the affect of capital market stress situations.
AIA Group CEO and president Li Yuanxiang mentioned: “We now have seen our enterprise return to sturdy and sustainable progress within the first half of 2023 and all of our reportable segments and all distribution channels delivered larger VONB.
“With the pandemic disruption behind us, the energy of AIA’s unrivalled distribution platform throughout Asia has powered a return to very sturdy new enterprise momentum, together with double-digit VONB progress from AIA China, our mixed ASEAN enterprise and Tata AIA Life, our three way partnership in India.
“AIA Hong Kong greater than doubled VONB in comparison with the primary half of 2022, pushed by substantial enterprise from Mainland Chinese language guests.”
