Chubb Limited has received regulatory approval from the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission to increase its ownership in Huatai Insurance Group Company Limited from 47.3% to 83.2%.
In November 2019, Chubb announced that it had increased its ownership in Huatai Insurance Group Company from 30.9% to 46.2%.
Chubb noted that it expects the latest transaction to close early in the first quarter of 2023 and will provide additional information in the near future.
“This is the culmination of a 20-year effort. Upon the closing of the acquisition of these shares, Chubb will be the first foreign financial institution to majority-own a Chinese financial services holding company, with separate P&C, life, asset management and mutual fund subsidiaries,” said Evan G. Greenberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Chubb.
“China is currently the second largest insurance market after the United States. With an aging and more affluent society comes the growing demands for insurance and asset management products and services. We take a long-term view, and I am confident Huatai will grow in time to become a meaningful contributor to our revenue and earnings in the future.”
Huatai is the holding company of a number of subsidiary companies including Huatai Property & Casualty Insurance Company, Huatai Life Insurance Company, and Huatai Asset Management Company.
Huatai’s insurance operations have more than 700 branches, 23,000 agents and approximately 19 million customers in China.
