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American International Assurance (Thailand)... has launched a TV advertising campaign for the first time in four years, promoting its product Financial health Check, reported the Bangkok Post. The company launched the product earlier this year and has already trained 17,000 agents to offer the service, which customises insurance requirements to customers. AIA executive vice-president Thomas White said that AIA planned to extend the training for Financial Health Check to cover 50,000 agents next year.