BANGKOK -- Siam Commercial Bank, Thailand's largest lender by assets, has agreed to sell its life insurance business to a Hong Kong-based FWD Group Financial Services after nearly four months of negotiations.
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A Siam Commercial Bank branch in Bangkok: The Thai lender's network offers Hong Kong-based FWD Group a base to expand its insurance business. © Reuters
BANGKOK -- Siam Commercial Bank, Thailand's largest lender by assets, has agreed to sell its life insurance business to a Hong Kong-based FWD Group Financial Services after nearly four months of negotiations.