Aviva, Hillhouse Capital, Tencent Receive Regulatory Approval for Digital JV

Aviva, Hillhouse Capital and Tencent have completed the transaction to develop a digital insurance joint venture in Hong Kong.

 

The joint venture has been approved by the Hong Kong Insurance Authority and is expected to start operating under its new corporate structure during the first half of 2018.

 

Aviva, Hillhouse and Tencent announced in 2017 their agreement to develop an insurance joint venture in Hong Kong, by which Hillhouse and Tencent have acquired a combined 60% shareholding in Aviva Life Insurance Company Limited (“Aviva Hong Kong”).