May 21 (Reuters) - Insurer Swiss Life SLHN.S said on Thursday its fee income grew in the first quarter, supported by higher contributions from its asset management business and third-party products and services.
Switzerland's largest life insurance provider and a major owner of real estate in Europe reported first-quarter fee income of 686 million Swiss francs ($872 million), up from 659 million francs a year ago.
($1 = 0.7867 Swiss francs)
(Reporting by Paolo Laudani and Tristan Veyet, editing by Milla Nissi-Prussak)
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