Ping An Life, our new Network Partner in China, was officially welcomed to the Swiss Life Network in a formal ceremony held on December 13, 2005, in Shanghai.

The newest partner in the Swiss Life Network, Ping An Life of China, joined in September 2005 and was warmly officially welcomed to the Network with a festive ceremony in December. (Please refer to our website or to the December 2005 Newsletter for more details about Ping An and its products and services.)

The partnership ceremony was held in the Pudong Shangri-La Hotel in Shanghai, whose beautiful location on the shores of the Huangpu River provided a world-class setting for the over 100 clients, partners, brokers and consultants who attended, together with representatives of both companies.

Guest speaker Hans J. Roth, Consul General of Switzerland in Shanghai, officially welcomed the participants, and graphically described the strong and growing economic and cultural ties between China and Switzerland.

Helena Wang, Vice-president of Ping An Insurance (Group), the parent company of Ping An Life, and Bruno Pfister, as of 2006 CEO International of the Swiss Life Group (formerly CFO), welcomed the guests on behalf of the new partners. Mr Pfister explained that over 80% of the major clients of the Swiss Life Network are already active in China, making it all the more important to have a first class Network Partner in place to serve them.

The official part of the ceremony was closed by an exchange of gifts between the two partners, fol-lowed by a banquet at which guests had the opportunity to make a toast to the prosperous future of the partnership, gain more information about products and services, and – of course – reinforce their own networks.

The first business success for the new partnership has already taken place, with three new contracts with a total premium of CHF 1.3 million signed on January 20, 2006.

For more information, please visit www.swisslife.com/international/corporateclients