American International Assurance Company (Bermuda) Limited

Hong Kong, December 9, 2005 - American International Assurance Company (Bermuda) Limited (AIA) was presented the Leading International Brand in the Hong Kong Superbrands 2005/2006. In addition, AIA received the top honor Category Award in Financial and Business Services Category for the third consecutive year which once again testified to AIA's leading position in the market.

Ms Lisa Lai, Vice-President of Marketing at AIA said, "AIA has been serving the local community for more than 70 years. We are highly committed to the pursuit of quality products and professional services. Hence, AIA is a trusted brand for the customers. Being awarded the Leading International Brand and the Category Award is a great honor to our company. This reflects AIA's relentless effort in service innovation and the confidence that consumers have in our brand.

"AIA's brand name and its trustworthy image have long been our most valuable assets. We will continue to invest tremendous resources in areas related to product development, marketing promotion and staff training. To strive for excellent service, we will have the best talents together with state-of-the-art technology to serve our customers so as to enhance the long-term customer relationship and reach for even higher service standards in our industry," added Ms. Lai.

The Superbrands Award was organized by the Superbrands International which aimed at recognizing companies that have successfully established and maintained quality brand performance. This year, the strongest brands in 15 industries were selected as the awardees for Category Award. These top brands were accorded prime rankings from an intensive consumer survey conducted by Synovate Hong Kong. The survey assessed the consumers' most preferred brand in each of the respective categories. Consumers participating in the survey were also asked to list the Leading International Brand and the Leading Local Brand.

Earlier this year, AIA was also presented a Platinum Award in Asia and a Gold Award in Hong Kong in the SuperBrand survey 2005 conducted by Reader's Digest. This survey identified brands that are most appealing to Asian consumers in six key markets - Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.

AIA is Southeast Asia's largest life insurer, with branch offices, subsidiaries and affiliated companies located in countries and jurisdictions including Australia, Brunei, China, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. AIA markets a full line of life insurance products through a multi-channel distribution system, whose core franchise is an extensive agency force. AIA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of American International Group, Inc. (AIG), the world's leading international insurance and financial services organization.