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THE Philippine American Life and General Insurance Co., or Philamlife, will be separated from New York-based parent American International Group Inc. (AIG) and will be integrated into a Hong Kong-based company which will be fully or partially sold in the future.
American International Assurance Co. Ltd. (AIA), a leading life-insurance organization in Asia, on Wednesday said Philamlife will be made part of the AIA Group, which will also be separated from AIG.
“The Philippines is a very important part of the AIA Asian landscape. We are confident that there will be benefits for Philamlife’s customers, employees and agents from being fully integrated into Asia’s leading insurance company,” a statement released by Philamlife quoted AIA president Mark Wilson as saying.
AIG has dropped plans to sell Philamlife, the country’s largest insurer, and other Asian assets, having found it difficult to attract acceptable bids amid the deteriorating global economic conditions.
Wilson said being absorbed by the AIA Group “will further improve the structure and business of Philamlife.”
Philamlife president and chief executive officer Jose Cuisia Jr. said joining the AIA Group, which is still subject to regulatory approvals, will “provide Philamlife with access to the resources and Asia-wide network of the region’s market leader.”
AIA has branch offices, subsidiaries and affiliates in Australia, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam.
AIG said it had received proposals to acquire all or part of the share capital of AIA. The proposals were preliminary, it said, and were being reviewed along with AIG’s consideration of a full or partial initial public offering of AIA.
The separation of AIA from AIG was part of a broad set of actions that AIG and the US government have agreed to take to improve AIG’s capital structure. The US Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve approved the new measures, which also include an additional cash infusion of up to $30 billion into AIG, after the insurer reported a record net loss of $61.7 billion in the fourth quarter of 2008.
AIG’s net loss for 2008 was $99.3 billion, compared with net income of $6.2 billion in 2007.
AIG said in a statement on Monday that some businesses, such as AIA and American Life Insurance Co., “will continue to review their divestiture options, which ultimately may include a public offering of shares, depending on market conditions.”