Chinese developer Sino-Ocean has proposed to roll over a bond by 12 months as it struggles with a liquidity squeeze. Bondholders have demanded a full repayment when due on August 2.

Private individual pensions could grow into a US$969 billion opportunity within China’s overall US$3.8 trillion pension market by 2030, according to KPMG China and ASIFMA.

A gauge of five insurers trading on the Shanghai Stock Exchange has risen 22 per cent since the start of April, according to data compiler Shanghai DZH. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index has gained about 2 per cent in the same time span.

The voluntary delisting of five SOEs including Sinopec and PetroChina from the New York Stock Exchange could pave the way for further exits, according to analysts.

China’s biggest insurers suffered a beating last quarter as stock and bond losses eroded income from their trillion-dollar investment pools.

Coverage periods have been shortened and prices lowered amid regulatory pressure to avoid consumer rights abuses

In a boost for overseas insurance companies, China is set to scrap a cap on foreign ownership of insurance asset management companies under draft rules announced on Friday.

The rescue package unveiled on Wednesday, while thin on official details, suggests President Xi Jinping’s government is for now unwilling to allow a default by one of China’s most systemically important state-owned companies.

China Life Insurance plans to buy 2 billion new shares of its affiliate China Guangfa Bank to prevent its stake from being diluted by new investors in the lender.

China will launch a one-year pilot programme in June to spur the sale of private endowment plans and help ease the pressure on state pension fund. Foreign insurers will be keeping a close watch.

Kweichow Moutai is the only Chinese company to rank among the top 10 in the FutureBrand Index, with the top spot going to Apple.

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Net income for the first three quarters surged to 57.7 billion yuan, China Life said in an exchange statement.

Mainland Chinese insurers are benefiting from Beijing’s deleveraging drive, as a scarcity of long-term funds helps them seal commercial property deals.

Hong Kong insurers need to be innovative and forge closer ties with the Greater Bay Area or risk losing out to Singapore and Shanghai, according to the Financial Services Development Council

Prudential reports life and health insurance policies taken out by mainland clients jumped 23 per cent in the third quarter on year China’s yuan has fallen 10 per cent against the US dollar from its peak in March, sparking rush to Hong Kong insurance as hedging tool

As trading reopens in Hong Kong, insurance stocks head south

Sun Life Global is considering increasing its shareholding in Chinese joint venture Sun Life Everbright Life Insurance, according to CEO Dean Connor. “We are bullish on China. If we could buy a larger percentage we would like to,” he said.

‘We will need to wait and see if Beijing relaxes its controls or offers any special incentives for the Greater Bay Area, whether there is another wave of mainlanders buying life products here,’ says sector lawmaker Chan Kin-por

News coincides with founder Wu Xiaohui’s conviction earlier in the day to 18 years in prison with US$1.65b worth of his personal properties confiscated