Chubb Life, the life insurance division of Swiss-headquartered Chubb, appointed a new chief operations officer to its Hong Kong unit.

Steven Kwok has been named chief operations officer (COO) at Chubb Life in Hong Kong (HK). Kwok will report to Michael Ho, country president of Chubb Life in HK the firm said in a press release.

Before taking on his new role Kwok had been the chief life operations officer of AXA China from 2008 to 2016, where he headed up the firm’s life insurance operations to serve a range of distribution channels.

Prior to that position he worked on insurance operations and administration at Manulife, where he also lead the development and management of the firm’s various policy administration systems.

In the new role Kwok will lead the Hong Kong operations team and provide strategic advice to achieve operational efficiency and business growth.