Any job losses from Prudential Plc’s (PRU.L) planned US$35.5 billion ($49.7 billion) acquisition of American International Group’s (AIG.N) Asian insurance arm will be mainly in back-office operations and not among sales forces, the companies’ CEOs told staff in Asia, sources said.

Prudential CEO Tidjane Thiam and his AIG counterpart Robert Benmosche are leading a series of ‘town hall’ meetings across Asia that aim to allay concerns among staff of both companies.