China Life Insurance

Beijing-based China Life Insurance Co provides life insurance and annuity products. It listed in December 2003, raising US$3.5 billion.

Bearing the brunt: Macau workers clear up scaffolding brought down by strong winds, a day after Typhoon Mangkhut hammered there, Hong Kong and southern China. Photo: AFP)

Insurance stocks hammered by expected Mangkhut claims costs

As trading reopens in Hong Kong, insurance stocks head south

17 Sep 2018 - 7:00pm

China Life Insurance sees technology as a way to drive business growth and efficiencies. Photo: Martin Chan

China Life looks to technology to boost sales as interim profit misses forecasts

24 Aug 2018 - 11:02pm

Pedestrians in Beijing’s central business district. Sun Life Everbright Life Insurance has increased its footprint across China since 2010, obtaining licences for 22 provinces and municipal cities. Photo: Bloomberg

Insurer Sun Life eyes increased stake in China joint venture

2 Jul 2018 - 8:01am

China is considering an ‘insurance connect’ that would lower barriers to Hong Kong insurers, enable local offices to process claims

China is considering a game changing ‘insurance connect’

26 Jun 2018 - 11:02pm 1

Mainland buyers spent HK$11.8 billion (US$1.5 billion) on life premiums in the first three months of 2018 – a 37 per cent fall on the same quarter last year. Photo: Bloomberg

Life insurance premiums paid by mainlanders in HK plummet 37pc

1 Jun 2018 - 6:30am

The Anbang offices in Beijing. Sino-Ocean Land, a company controlled by China Life Insurance, is buying Anbang’s equity stakes in a real estate venture in Beijing. Photo: AP

Sino-Ocean first to swoop on Anbang assets since state takeover

10 May 2018 - 10:40pm

China Life reported a 68 per cent jump in year on year profit to 32.25 billion yuan in 2017. Photo: Reuters

China’s top insurer bets future growth on big data, AI

23 Mar 2018 - 2:14pm

Ping An Insurance is expected to report a net profit of 76.25 billion yuan for 2017 compared to 62.4 billion yuan a year earlier, according to analysts’ estimates. Photo: Reuters

China’s top insurers expected to report improved profits for 2017

19 Mar 2018 - 7:31am

Residential buildings at the Ruihong Xincheng project in Shanghai's Hong Kou district. Photo: SCMP Handout

Shui On sells prime Shanghai projects to China Life

20 Dec 2017 - 7:04am

A fallen tree flattens cars in Zhuhai during typhoon Hato in August. Here’s hoping the owners were insured. Photo: Xinhua

Top actuaries, China’s insurers have jobs for you, 96 of them

29 Nov 2017 - 11:04pm

George Sartorel, chief executive of the Asia Pacific region at Allianz, said Taiwanese staff would not be affected by the deal. Photo: SCMP Handout

China Life buys Allianz Taiwan’s life insurance portfolio

19 Oct 2017 - 10:11pm

China Life Insurance, Ping An Insurance, China Pacific Insurance and New China Life are less exposed to short-term life policies and may face less competition as the clampdown hits income at rivals like Anbang

China’s top insurers could benefit from crackdown on risk

6 Sep 2017 - 10:52pm

China Life chairman Yang Mingsheng at the China Life results briefing at the Conrad Hotel in Admiralty. Photo: Jonathan Wong

China Life to focus investment in tech, AI, and Belt and Road

25 Aug 2017 - 4:54pm

China Life Insurance Chairman Yang Mingsheng attending the firm’s annual results at Island Shangri-La Hotel in Admiralty in 2016. Photo: Edmond So

China Life profit up 17.8pc to US$1.84 billion

25 Aug 2017 - 12:36am

The headquarters building of China Life insurance in Beijing. Photo: Reuters

China Life, an industry laggard, may catch up in second half

20 Aug 2017 - 10:56pm

US$11.6 billion in cash raised to cut debt and financing costs, as well as fund major infrastructure projects

Unicom secures cash injection amid ownership reform missteps

17 Aug 2017 - 11:18pm

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission has publicly censured China Life Insurance (Overseas) Company for breaching the takeover code. The company is part of the nation’s largest life insurer, China Life. Photo: Reuters

SFC censures China Life for breaching takeover code

3 Aug 2017 - 9:10pm

Shares of China Life, Ping An and New China Life reach highest levels in 17 months on expectations rising bond yields will boost investment returns

Financial crackdown good news for stocks of Chinese insurers

23 May 2017 - 10:53pm

Ping An overtakes Allianz as the world’s most valuable insurer

1 May 2017 - 10:59pm

China Life’s 2016 profit falls 45 per cent on investment loss

China Life’s 2016 profit falls 45pc on investment loss

23 Mar 2017 - 10:30pm

Financial results among major insurers and life insurers for 2016 are expected to be downbeat, however things are looking up for 2017

Brace for bad news from Chinese insurers this reporting season

22 Mar 2017 - 10:35pm

China Life Insurance has seen its A shares rise more than 10 per cent in the first two days of this week. Photo: Reuters

Chinese insurers will see valuations rebound as bond yields rise

24 Nov 2016 - 10:36pm

<p>Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank reiterate ‘buy’ ratings</p>

China Life profit warning has not put a dent in investor confidence

26 Apr 2016 - 5:03pm

FILE - In this April 29, 2015 file photo, a worker lifts Goya Foods products in a warehouse at the new corporate headquarters before opening ceremonies, in Jersey City, N.J. On Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015, when the government issues its first of three estimates of growth in the July-September quarter, it’s expected to show an economy slumping from global weakness and reduced corporate stockpiling _ but poised to rise again. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

China Life invests more than US$1b in American warehouses

5 Nov 2015 - 6:15pm

Last month's deadly explosion in Tianjin may lead to claims surpassing five billion yuan but it is not expected to directly affect companies' annual results. Photo: AFP

Chinese insurance firms face headwinds after record growth

5 Jul 2018 - 9:11pm

China Life in bid for Sinopec unit

Insurer China Life diversifies with bid for Sinopec retail unit

28 Aug 2014 - 5:03am

Profit growth at China Life is estimated to be as high as 120 per cent year on year. Photo: Reuters

Strong profit growth forecast for Chinese life insurers

10 Mar 2014 - 11:39pm

Sydney-based AMP will hold 15 per cent of China Life AMP Asset Management, with retail investors the main focus. Photo: Bloomberg

China Life aims high with AMP joint venture

3 Sep 2013 - 3:37am

China Life Insurance warns competition will continue to put pressure on profitability. Photo: Bloomberg

China Life profit rises 68pc

29 Aug 2013 - 3:56am

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