Fortis Insurance Asia
Ageas Insurance Company (Asia) Limited is an insurance company based in Hong Kong. It was acquired by Fortis, the Belgium and Netherlands based public finance group in 2007 for HKD3.5b. Prior to then the company was called Pacific Century Insurance Holdings Limited (PCI, SEHK: 0065), was separately listed in Hong Kong, and was controlled by Pacific Century Regional Developments Limited (PCRD), the parent company of PCCW. After the Fortis crisis on October 2008 it is a subsidiary of Fortis Insurance International, a division of Ageas (previously Fortis Holding).
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