Third largest insurance market is now China

China insurance market news

Figures released by the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) show a surge over the past half decade. Following five years of tremendous surges in growth in the Chinese insurance market, premiums from that country have now brought it up to the third place spot among the largest marketplaces in the world. This was shared as a part of a report produced by the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC). The third place insurance market position was actually achieved in 2015, though the figures were only just tallied by the CIRC. The…

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Current Chinese insurance and reinsurance marketplace influx

There have been many changes to the Chinese insurance marketplace over the last few months, with the introduction of foreign insurers as well as the recent increases in the premiums for property and casualty insurance. Aon Benfield has just announced that those premiums had risen to $6.5 billion in 2011, which was a 67 percent increase over those in 2005. Furthermore, it has been forecasted that this growth will continue to rise as the China Insurance Regulatory Commission places its focus on premium increases and policies that will form a…

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China to open its auto insurance market to foreign insurers next year

China may soon open its doors to foreign auto insurance companies. China is the world’s largest auto market and insurance coverage in mandatory for all drivers in the nation. The country has been closed to foreign companies for decades, but China’s prominent place in the auto market may soon change that fact, according to Jin Jianqiang, chairman of the Insurance Association of China. The change may come as soon as 2012. China’s auto insurance market is valued at $31 billion currently. The market is dominated by Chinese insurance companies, which…

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An insider’s look at the AIG collapse

Unpublished diplomatic cables that were acquired by WikiLeaks reported that during the collapse of the American International Group Inc back in 2008, propriety information about the company were released by the Chinese Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) to its rival companies, as believed by some U.S. officials. The reports say that CIRC intervened during the company’s collapse in September 2008 by forcing the local operations of AIG to open their books daily. CIRC then released the information that they obtained through this move to the competitors so that they will buy…

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