Tune Ins Holdings Bhd, a subsidiary of Tune Money Sdn Bhd, tipped that Indonesia is likely to be its first overseas expansion target.

The company, which made its debut on Bursa Malaysia today announced that it is looking to expand into Thailand and Indonesia over the next 24 months.

"We'll be looking into Indonesia and Thailand.Probably, Indonesia will be the first target," Tune Ins chief executive officer Peter Miller told the media in a briefing today.

The insurer's shares saw a 2.22 per cent premium at RM1.38 on its debut, against its reference price of RM1.35 per share.

The company's shares, which were trading between RM1.33 and RM1.38, closed 1 sen higher at RM1.36 with more than 100 million shares changed hands.

The company, which planned to raise over RM200 million from the initial public offering (IPO), plans to about RM133 million to repay its borrowings. These borrowings are incurred mainly from the acquisition of Oriental Capital Assurance Bhd, now known as Tune Insurance.

About RM50 million of the fund raised will be used to expand into the overseas market over the next 24 months, and another RM27 million will be allocated for working capital.

The IPO involves issuing of 210 million shares, comprising 143.37 million new shares and 66.85 million existing shares being issued by parent company Tune Money Sdn Bhd.

Prior to the listing, Tune Money has a 80 per cent stake in Tune Ins. Post listing, the parent company's shareholding has been diluted to about 55.8 per cent.

Currently, over 75 per cent of the company's revenue are derived from the conventional channel, while about 25 per cent comes from digital channel.

"We expect that digital, over time, will have increasing market share in the business," said Miller.