China’s insurance market is experience major growing pains, according to a report from Standard & Poor’s, a credit rating agency based in the U.S. The Chinese market is, by all accounts, enormous and the potential for success in second to none. The full breadth of this potential success, however, is open only to Chinese insurers. Native insurers are now facing demand for coverage that they are having trouble meeting. Many companies, including New China Life, one of the largest life insurers in the country, are plagued with capital shortfalls due…
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China Life Insurance, Their Vision for 2011
One of China’s largest providers of life insurance, China Life Insurance Co., stated today that it will continue to focus on their fixed-income investments throughout this year. The announcement comes amidst a series of rate hikes occurring within the industry. China Life Vice President, Liu Jiade, has said that the insurer’s fixed-income products will account for approximately 78% of the company’s investment portfolio in 2011. Last Tuesday, China Life reported that their net profits for last year did not meet expectations. While profits rose by 2.3%, the insurer had a…
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