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China’s insurance and reinsurance market has been growing rapidly in recent years, alongside the country’s economic development. Data suggests that the growth rate of the China insurance and reinsurance market has significantly outpaced domestic GDP growth, while both insurance density and penetration has been increasing at pace.
Read our China insurance or reinsurance news and analysis below.
AXA targets China’s travel insurance market using WeChat app
6th February 2019
AXA is targeting the lucrative travel insurance market in China with a new offering that is integrated directly into the WeChat mobile app. More than one billion users in China alone use WeChat to access instant messaging and manage e-commerce services, making it the most popular app in the country. AXA plans ... Read the full article
Japanese insurers to pursue M&A deals in China as regulations change
5th February 2019
Japanese insurance companies are preparing to follow up on recent regulatory changes in China’s financial sector by pursuing a spree of new mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals in the country, according to sources at Reuters. With $53 billion spent on M&A deals since 2014, Japanese insurers are currently one of the ... Read the full article
Zurich CEO optimistic about P&C rates in 2019
25th January 2019
Mario Greco, Chief Executive Officer of Zurich Insurance Group, has said that the company is optimistic about the prospects for property and casualty (P&C) re/insurance pricing in 2019. Speaking in an interview with CNBC at the World Economic Forum 2019 event in Davos, Switzerland this week, Greco said that market conditions ... Read the full article
China’s interest rate reforms to support life re/insurers: Swiss Re
22nd January 2019
Reforms to China’s interest rate regime are expected to help kick-start the savings-based life insurance products segment in the country and support the development of re/insurers’ asset management capabilities, according to a report from Swiss Re Institute. Analysts predict that China’s current two-track interest rate system will become uniform by the ... Read the full article
China & Germany agree to strengthen re/insurance coordination
21st January 2019
China and Germany have signed new agreements designed to strengthen their coordination in re/insurance, banking and finance, according to reports from Reuters. The agreements will allow German insurers to set up wholly-owned insurance holding firms in China, while Chinese insurers and reinsurers are welcome to conduct reinsurance business in Germany. The countries ... Read the full article
Swiss Re backs first county-level catastrophe insurance project in China
11th January 2019
Swiss Re has become the exclusive reinsurer to a new catastrophe insurance project in Mao County in China’s Sichuan Province, according to reports from China Financial News. The project, which is the first in China to provide catastrophe insurance at the county-level, provides the government of Mao County with financial protection ... Read the full article
Shanghai inks strategic cooperation agreement with China Taiping Life Insurance
28th December 2018
A strategic cooperation agreement has been signed between the Shanghai Municipal government and China Taiping Life Insurance alongside the unveiling of a new Asia-Pacific Reinsurance Research Centre. Shanghai Party Secretary Li Qiang and Mayor Ying Yong met Taiping’s Chairman Luo Xi and his delegation to ink an agreement that will see ... Read the full article
AXA acquires remaining €584m stake in Chinese joint P&C venture
27th November 2018
French insurance and investment giant AXA has purchased the remaining 50% of Chinese property and casualty (P&C) insurer AXA Tianping that it did not previously own in a €584 million transaction. This deal follows yesterday’s announcement that Allianz had received approval from the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission for the ... Read the full article
Allianz China unit given regulatory go-ahead
26th November 2018
Insurance giant Allianz has received approval from the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission for the preparatory establishment of an insurance holding company in China. Based in Shanghai, Allianz (China) Insurance Holding Company Limited will be the country’s first ever insurance company wholly owned by a foreign insurer. Allianz says the holding ... Read the full article
Chinese InsurTech firm WeSure partners with 20 re/insurers
23rd November 2018
WeSure, the insurance platform owned by Chinese investment conglomerate Tencent, has expanded its line of products and formed partnerships with 20 insurance and reinsurance companies. The firm's platform is hosted in the WeChat Mini Program ecosystem, part of Tencent's Chinese multi-purpose messaging application that has more than one billion monthly users. WeSure ... Read the full article
China’s Belt & Road Initiative huge opportunity for overseas insurers: Swiss Re
5th November 2018
China's ambitious Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) - an attempt by President Xi Jinping to spur investment in land and maritime trade routes that strengthen ties across Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe - is set to offer the insurance industry significant investment opportunities, according to a report by ... Read the full article
Munich Re expands Plug and Play insurtech partnership to China
29th October 2018
Munich Re has entered into a strategic partnership as a Founding Anchor Partner of Plug and Play China, the Chinese business of Plug and Play, a global start-up accelerator and corporate innovation platform. Plug and Play, which is headquartered in Silicon Valley, enables corporations to engage with start-ups that may complement their ... Read the full article
Pace of China re/insurance market likely to accelerate, says JLT Re
25th October 2018
The recent regulatory changes in China all points to a highly dynamic environment not just within the country's boarders but also in Asia-Pacific and globally, according to JLT Re’s Asia Pacific Chief Executive Officer, Jeremy Fox. In a report examining some of the more impactful changes seen in China, JLT Re ... Read the full article
Focus on emerging ecosystems supports growth at ZhongAn Online in H1
29th August 2018
China's largest online-only insurance company, ZhongAn Online P&C Insurance Co., Ltd., has recorded solid growth during the first-half of 2018, driven by its increased focus on "emerging ecosystems" and growing demand among the younger generation. The internet-based InsurTech firm recorded total premiums of RMB 5,148.2 million (US$756.4 million) during the first ... Read the full article
China regulator agrees to preferential treatment for Hong Kong reinsurers
31st July 2018
The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) and the Insurance Authority (IA) of Hong Kong have reached an agreement after more than a year of negotiations to allow preferential treatment for qualified reinsurers in Hong Kong, according to A.M. Best. The agreement will see mainland Chinese insurance companies that cede ... Read the full article
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