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     117  0 Kommentare AIA Reports Financial Results For 2019

    Value Of New Business Up 6 Per Cent; Up 16 Per Cent Excluding Hong Kong Operating Profit Up 9 Per Cent; Final Dividend Up 10 Per Cent

    HONG KONG, March 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- AIA Group Limited (the "Company"; stock code: 1299) today announces financial results for the year ended 31 December 2019.

    Growth rates are shown on a constant exchange rate basis below:

    Robust growth in value of new business

    • 6 per cent growth in value of new business (VONB) to US$4,154 million
    • 16 per cent growth in VONB excluding Hong Kong
    • Annualised new premiums (ANP) up 2 per cent to US$6,585 million
    • VONB margin increased by 3.0 pps to 62.9 per cent

    Increased operating profit and attractive returns

    • Operating profit after tax (OPAT) up by 9 per cent to US$5,741 million
    • Embedded value (EV) operating profit increased by 6 per cent to US$8,685 million
    • Operating return on EV (operating ROEV) at 15.9 per cent

    Strong cash flow and resilient capital position

    • EV Equity of US$63.9 billion and EV of US$62.0 billion, both up 12 per cent
    • Underlying free surplus generation of US$5,501 million, up 13 per cent
    • Free surplus increased to US$14.9 billion
    • Net remittances of US$3.7 billion
    • Solvency ratio for AIA Company Limited (AIA Co.) remained strong at 362 per cent on the HKIO basis, after the effect of the acquisition of The Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited (CMLA) in Australia

    Total dividend up 11 per cent

    • 10 per cent growth in final dividend to 93.30 Hong Kong cents per share
    • Total dividend of HK$1.266 per share, up 11 per cent (excluding special dividend in 2018)

    Ng Keng Hooi, AIA's Group Chief Executive and President, said:

    "AIA has delivered a resilient performance in 2019, despite a challenging operating environment, with continued growth in all our main financial metrics. Headline VONB growth of 6 per cent was the result of very strong growth in the first half of the year set against a second half significantly affected by social unrest in Hong Kong. VONB grew strongly at 16 per cent excluding Hong Kong. Operating profit after tax increased by 9 per cent, underlying free surplus generation grew by 13 per cent, and EV Equity grew by 12 per cent.

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    AIA Reports Financial Results For 2019 Value Of New Business Up 6 Per Cent; Up 16 Per Cent Excluding Hong Kong Operating Profit Up 9 Per Cent; Final Dividend Up 10 Per Cent HONG KONG, March 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - AIA Group Limited (the "Company"; stock code: 1299) today announces …