德國安聯將韓國業務售予安邦 Allianz sells South Korea arm
Allianz has pulled out of South Korea, selling its poorly performing business there to Anbang, the acquisitive Chinese group which last week failed in its quest to buy Starwood Hotels.
德國安聯保險集團(Allianz)已撤出韓國，將其在韓國業績不佳的業務售予收購意願強烈的中國企業安邦(Anbang)，上週，安邦競購喜達屋酒店(Starwood Hotels)失敗。
The disposal is a setback to the German insurer’s ambitions in Asia, where it sees growing scale as a way to hit its ambitious target of 5 per cent annual earnings growth. Last year, it teamed up with Baidu to offer digital insurance in China, and also expanded in the Philippines.
此番出售意味着這家德國保險公司在亞洲的抱負受挫，在亞洲，該公司將擴大規模視爲實現其每年盈利增長5%的雄心勃勃目標的一種途徑。去年，安聯與百度(Baidu)聯手在中國推出數字保險業務，還在菲律賓擴大了業務。
The group has been in South Korea for 17 years, owning life insurance and asset management businesses. Just after it bought into the country, it said it was “well on the way to combining Korean and western insurance expertise into an effective, profitable business approach”.
安聯在韓國經營業務已有17年時間，擁有壽險和資產管理業務。就在通過收購進入韓國後，安聯曾表示，“準備將韓國和西方的保險專長結合起來變成一種有效且盈利的商業模式”。
