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China Re acquires Chaucer from The Hanover in $950m deal

13th September 2018

China Re, one of Asia’s leading reinsurers, has acquired The Hanover’s London-based Specialty business Chaucer in a deal that totals $950 million and accelerates the state-backed group's international development. The transaction includes a cash consideration from China Re of $865 million and a pre-signing dividend from Chaucer of $85 million, received ... Read the full article

China Re launches new earthquake catastrophe model

25th May 2018

State-backed reinsurer China Re Group has launched a new earthquake catastrophe model with independent intellectual property rights to improve the accuracy of earthquake loss assessment in China’s re/insurance industry. The new model was developed in collaboration with state-level scientific research institutions and factors in China’s unique geological structure, seismic activity characteristics, ... Read the full article

Fitch expects Asian reinsurers to increase use of debt capital

8th August 2017

Fitch Ratings expects the Asian bond market to gain traction in the near to medium term as the persistent low-interest rate environment fuels reinsurers in the region to look at debt capital over equity funding. The majority of reinsurance companies across Asia are equity-funded, but in a low-interest rate environment, which ... Read the full article

Reinsurer launches first catastrophe research centre in China

5th July 2017

China's largest reinsurance company, China Re, has launched the first centre dedicated to catastrophe, weather and natural disaster research in the country. It is the first research institution focusing on disasters and through its work China Re hopes that new technologies and services can be developed, which will support the development ... Read the full article

China Re reports $845m of written premium for first two months of 2017

16th March 2017

China is a target market for insurance and reinsurance players, but lately it hasn't been particularly easy-going, with reports of major reinsurers pulling-back as domestic players begin to dominate the market. Today, China Re, the largest domestic player in both insurance and reinsurance, has reported its premium income for the ... Read the full article

China Re expects up to 35% profit dip in 2016 as investment income declines

28th February 2017

Chinese, public reinsurer China Reinsurance Corporation (China Re) has announced that it expects its net profit attributable to its equity shareholders to decline by between 30% to 35% in 2016, when compared with the previous year, in response to low investment income. According to a note issued by the company on the ... Read the full article