Thai Life Insurance
Company type | Public company limited |
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Industry | Insurance Financial services |
Founded | 1942 |
Founder | Chao Phraya Sri Thammathibet |
Headquarters | Bangkok, Thailand |
Key people | Vanich Chaiyawan, Chairman |
Revenue | US$2 billion (2014) US$2.1 billion (2015) US$3.28 billion (2018)[1] |
US$138.8 million (2014) US$142.3 million (2015)US$217 million (2018)[1] | |
Total assets | US$7.3 billion (2014) US$8.2 billion (2015) US$9.2 billion (2016)
US$10.6 billion (2017) US$14 billion (2018) [1] |
Members | over 1,500,000 (2016) |
Number of employees | 45000 |
Subsidiaries | Thai Phaiboon Insurance Thai Health Insurance Thai Cardif Life Assurance Thai Credit Retail Bank |
Website | www |
Thai Life Insurance Public Co. Ltd or simply Thai Life Insurance (Thai: บริษัท ไทยประกันชีวิต จำกัด (มหาชน)) is the first Thai insurance company [citation needed]. The company was founded in 1942 and is headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand. It was one of largest insurance companies in Thailand.
Nowadays it is a financial services group in Thailand with the slogan Thai Life Insurance. Life, Beside You.
The Chaiyawan Family sold a 15% stake for around $750 million to Meiji Yasuda life insurance in 2013.
The company is known for commissioning a number of emotional television commercials that have garnered global attention.[2][3][4][5][6]
References
- ^ a b c Thai Life Financial Data page 1, then using the December 31, 2014 exchange rate of 1 baht = 0.02812 US dollar
- ^ Gray, Amy (17 April 2014). "Five Ads That Prove Thai Life Insurance Commercials Are The Saddest Commercials Ever". Junkee. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ Taube, Aaron (10 April 2014). "All Of Thailand Is Compulsively Weeping Over This One Life Insurance Ad". Business Insider.
- ^ "Thailand television commercials will make you cry, or at least get a bit sad". News.com.au. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ "Thai Life Insurance 'Silence Of Love' Commercial Creates Internet Sensation". HuffPost. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ "Health Insurance in Thailand".