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- September 8 2017
Listed Chinese insurers to benefit from risk crackdown
Efforts to contain the sale of risky short-term life insurance policies won't seriously affect the country's major insurers.
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- September 7 2017
Foreign insurers get access to wider market in China
CIRC says the government will open the local health, disaster and pension insurance markets.
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- September 6 2017
Huabang Financial to acquire Israel’s Clal Insurance
The controlling stake in the Israeli insurance and financial firm is valued at approximately US$1.36b.
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- September 5 2017
Anbang returns to more traditional business model
The company is preparing a new array of services and products to launch after its current ban expires.
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- September 4 2017
Chinese premium income growth slows
Total premium income grew at 21.3% through July, compared to more than 35% in the same period last year.
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- September 1 2017
Chinese ministries cooperate to discipline insurers
Insurers found violating rules will be restricted from establishing banking, securities and insurance subsidiaries.
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- August 29 2017
PICC eyes South-East Asia acquisitions
China's biggest non-life insurer may see a couple of deals happening before the end of this year, according to a company executive.
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- August 28 2017
Investment income lifts China Life profits
Net income rose by 17.8% in the first six months of the year, driven by an 11.45% investment return.
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- August 28 2017
China Life, Baidu to raise US$1bn for tech investments
The two companies will partner in a private equity fund targeting middle to later stage companies.
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- August 25 2017
Anbang Life’s credit rating lowered
A Chinese rating agency has downgraded the insurer three months after CIRC curtailed its operations.
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- August 21 2017
Jack Ma-backed firm eyes Asian unit of MassMutual
A consortium led by Yunfeng Financial Group has expressed interest to pay about US$1.7bn for the business.
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- August 21 2017
Ping An registers best half-year profit in a decade
The results were driven by strong growth in life premiums and came despite a government crackdown on the industry.
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- August 17 2017
Euler Hermes names senior executives to lead expansion
The trade credit insurer has appointed Clemens Philippi as CEO for Asean and Benoit Ganzmann as CEO for China.
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- August 15 2017
Asian insurance sector’s embedded value up 15.3%
China and Hong Kong seen as the main drivers, according to a survey from global consulting firm Milliman.
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- August 14 2017
Ping An to invest $1bn in tech R&D
The group will invest more on tech research and development this year, particularly in the field of artificial intelligence.
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- August 10 2017
Asia suffers US$10bn catastrophe losses in six weeks
The losses were recorded in July alone due to severe flooding, a catastrophe report from Aon says.
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- August 8 2017
Asian insurance M&A slumps by 40%
The decline is largely due to more stringent capital controls implemented in China, according to a study by Clyde & Co.
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- August 4 2017
China’s asset dilemma
The investment patterns of Chinese life companies such as Anbang continue to raise concerns.
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- August 4 2017
China insurers’ profits up 10% in H1
Industry players raked in Rmb116.1bn during the first six months of the year.
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- August 2 2017
China tells Anbang to sell overseas assets
The company has been urged to channel its overseas investments back to China and dispose of its offshore assets.
