China

Ping An Insurance Group profit surges 34% to $8.45b in H1

The insurer was able to grow its retail customer base to 179 million.

Ping An Insurance Group profit surges 34% to $8.45b in H1

The insurer was able to grow its retail customer base to 179 million.

Ping An eyes acquiring Prudential's Asian business

China’s deleveraging campaign has prompted the insurer to look for further growth engines.

China to launch national medical insurance by 2019

Urban and rural residents will enjoy equal benefits.

Chinese P&C insurers' digitalisation efforts beat Hong Kong and Japan

Ping An P&C’s motor insurance service uses image recognition to provide repair estimates based on submitted pictures.

Chinese insurers shun universal life policies to ensure sustainability

These are commonly structured as short-term savings products.

China's online property insurance premiums surge 30.9% to $2.26b in Q1

The quarterly growth reverses a slight decline registered last year.

Chinese insurers defy deleveraging campaign by ramping up alternative asset allocation

Such assets offer higher returns of 9.42% than 5% on average offered by corporate bonds.

China's insurers remain flush with money

Average comprehensive solvency ratios of life and P&C insurers remained above 200% as of end 2017.

Ping An profits up 12.5% to $4.57b in Q1

Strong performance from the life and health segment boosted quarterly earnings.