Insurer AIA trims excess roles

Hong Kong-based AIA. (Image: Getty)

Mon, 17 Jun 2024

New Zealand’s largest life insurer has made 23 employees redundant.AIA NZ confirmed the development to BusinessDesk on Monday, June 17. A spokesperson for the insurer said: “AIA NZ continues to evolve how it operates to better support customers and business partners.“We recently consulted around some proposed changes to our organisational design across some of our teams. The outcome of this process has seen redundancies affecting 23 team members, with a small number also currently in redeployment. “Like any bus...

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