AIA and the Community

Apart from playing an integral role in the development of the local insurance industry, AIA Malaysia places equal importance on community support and assistance as part of its ongoing Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives. In line with this, the AIA Have-A-Heart Fund was launched in 1998 with the aim of offering financial assistance to deserving children suffering from congenital heart disease in need of homograft surgery.

The Fund, which was subsequently granted a tax-exempt status by the Inland Revenue Board, started-off with an initial corporate grant of RM500,000 from the company while the agency force successfully raised an additional RM150,000 during the official launching ceremony. Post-launch, the agency force pledged to donate RM1 from their commission for every life insurance policy sold thereafter.

Aside from this contribution, a variety of fund raising activities were held since the inception of the Fund and among the most notable of these include the charity movie premiere screening of "Return to Me" which raked in RM150,000 in terms of contribution and the Treasure Hunt & Golf Charity Competition through which RM100,000 was successfully raised.

To date, the Fund has successfully sponsored the open-heart surgeries of 120 children, at a cost of over RM1.7million and continues to sponsor such surgeries for deserving children.

For further enquiries, please contact:

The AIA Have-A-Heart Fund
c/o Corporate Communications Department
Level 28, Menara AIA
99 Jalan Ampang
50450 Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: 03-2056 2849 or fax to 03-2056 2838

Please click here for the AIA Have-A-Heart Fund Application Form

A History of Corporate Caring

AIA has continuously been a caring corporate citizen in extending a helping hand whenever needed. Some of the community partnerships over the years have been very successful and they are as follows:

AIA Have-A-Heart Fund Reaches Out to Sponsor RM50,000 to 3 Child Heart Patients

Kuala Lumpur, 12 April 2007

The AIA Have-A-Heart Fund (HAHF) recently rose to the occasion and donated RM50,000 to three children who needed heart surgery urgently.

Parents of Lee Cherng Hei (6-year-old boy), On Wei Ling (10-year old girl) and Muhammad Arrifuddin Zaid (7-year-old boy) made an appeal through the Malay Mail on 14th March 2007 and 2nd April 2007 respectively.

At the AIA's head office, Menara AIA in Kuala Lumpur, parents of Lee, On and Muhammad were presented with the contribution by Puan Sri Irene Lee, Chairman of the AIA Have-A-Heart Fund and 2 newly appointed Board of Trustees: Jeffrey Chiew and Manmohan.

Caring for the less fortunate has always been one of AIA main objectives and in keeping with the Government's call of being a good corporate citizen. In 1998, the company launched its "AIA Have-A-Heart Fund" for children from low-income families with congenital heart problems. Its purpose was to show that everyone deserves access to quality medical treatment, regardless of financial status. So far, the AIA Have-A-Heart Fund has sponsored 139 pediatric heart procedures at a cost of over RM2 million.

From left: Mr. Manmohan Abdullah, Mr. Khor hock Seng, Puan Sri Irene Lee and Jeffrey Chiew with the children at the cheque presentation ceremony.

"Corporate Social Responsibility has always been an integral element in AIA's corporate initiatives, as we believe that in contributing to the growth of the community, we will make a difference to society and achieve our objective to improve lives," Mr. Khor Hock Seng, AIA Malaysia's Senior Vice President and General Manager said.

Through a pledge to donate RM1 per life insurance policy sold, the Agency Force of AIA Malaysia has raised about RM100,000 for year 2006 towards the company's charity programme, the AIA Have-A-Heart Fund to help needy children undergo open-heart surgery.

The money comes from the agents' initiative to donate RM1 from the commission for every life insurance policy they sell. This initiative is an on-going fundraising project, and additional monies continue to be contributed to the Fund every day. Since the inception of the AIA Have-A-Heart Fund in 1998, the RM1 donation drive has so far successfully raised near to 1 million for the Fund.

"The AIA HAHF's monetary resource has been obtained from many channels both agency and corporate. Collectively, the generous monetary contributions have upheld the good cause of the Fund. AIA Malaysia's 8,400 strong agency force has been a main resource to the Fund's community work. The commendable support from the men and women that form the company's agency force is an effort that deserves much praise. Despite their very busy work schedules, the agency force has maintained their tireless effort to maintain that the AIA HAHF's mission is achieved," added Mr Khor.