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- March 26 2018
Fosun advances plan to buy Greek insurer
The Chinese group has formally expressed interest in buying Greece’s leading insurance firm, Ethniki.
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- March 26 2018
China Life net profit soars 68%
Earnings of more than US$5bn in 2017 were driven by its exclusive individual agent channel.
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- March 23 2018
Ping An plans spinoff and listing of four unicorns
Ping An Good Doctor and Lufax are among the startups being slated for initial public offerings.
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- March 23 2018
Guo Shuqing named head of China’s merged regulator
The former banking regulator is set to take over the new combined banking and insurance watchdog.
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- March 22 2018
Ping An beats expectations with 2017 results
The Chinese insurer posted 43% growth in net profit and will double its dividend payment.
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- March 20 2018
Allianz expands entertainment insurance to Asia
Damian Kerin, head of entertainment for Asia Pacific, is overseeing the Singapore launch.
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- March 20 2018
China’s two top insurers to report increased profits
Analysts are expecting Ping An and China Life to show double-digit profit increases.
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- March 16 2018
Joined-up regulation
China’s banking and insurance regulators are merging as the country seeks to better control risks.
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- March 14 2018
China’s insurance and banking regulators to merge
The move is part of efforts to improve oversight of the financial system in the world’s second-largest economy.
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- March 13 2018
China’s premium income falls in January, says CIRC
Premiums dropped 19.9% in the first month of this year, compared to an increase of 18.2% in 2017
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- March 13 2018
NongHyup expands insurance business in China, Vietnam
The Korean group is expanding its insurance business as part of efforts to strengthen its overseas portfolio.
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- March 9 2018
China revamps insurance rules for more transparency
The move is also aimed at eliminating fake capital injections and illegal shareholding entrustment.
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- March 8 2018
China’s premium income up 18% in 2017
The growth comes despite regulators' strengthened efforts to reduce risk-taking in the sector.
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- March 2 2018
Nationalising Anbang
The Chinese government’s takeover of the troubled insurer has raised questions about industry oversight.
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- March 2 2018
Chinese banking, insurance regulators may merge
The country is weighing plans to combine financial watchdogs to bring enhance oversight of the sector.
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- March 1 2018
AIA targets China’s hinterland provinces
Relaxed regulations on foreign ownership of financial entities is opening the door to smaller provincial markets.
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- February 28 2018
AIA’s boosts new business by 28%
The company said that the growth was due to sustained demand in its core markets of Hong Kong and China.
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- February 28 2018
Anbang says it supports government’s takeover
A spokesman has said that the insurer back CIRC’s move to take control of the company for one year.
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- February 27 2018
Three Chinese insurers sanctioned for foreign investment breaches
China Re Asset Management, China Life and Ping An Insurance violated regulations on investable countries.
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- February 26 2018
Chinese government takes over Anbang Insurance
The state is taking temporary control of the insurer and prosecuting its founder over allegations of fraud.
