Seven insurance companies have joined other partners to establish a CNY8.6bn ($1.26bn) private equity (PE) fund, underscoring a broader strategic wave of insurance capital flowing into private markets and highlighting a growing trend of insurers seeking higher returns through PE structures.
The China Banking and Insurance Asset Management Association (CBIAMA) has released its "2026 Survey on Asset Allocation Outlook", revealing optimism among insurance entities regarding mainland China's A-share market this year. Following a year of strong returns, most insurance entities plan to maintain or increase their equity exposure throughout 2026.
China's pet insurance business has seen leapfrog development. Pet insurance premiums skyrocketed from a modest CNY50m ($7.3m) in 2020 to CNY1.7bn in 2024. This momentum is estimated to have culminated in a record-breaking CNY3bn in 2025, a 76.47% year-on-year increase.
Chubb's consistent operational support for its subsidiary Huatai Property & Casualty Insurance Co (Huatai P&C) is one factor for Fitch Ratings' upgrading of the insurer's Financial Strength (IFS) Rating to 'AA-' from 'A+'. The outlook is 'Stable'.
The average comprehensive solvency adequacy ratio of China's insurance companies was 181.1% and the average core solvency adequacy ratio was 130.4% at the end of December 2025, according to data from the National Financial Regulatory Administration.
Guoyuan Agricultural Insurance's (GAI) underwriting performance has improved steadily over the past five years, supported by the earnings-smoothing effect of GAI's ample catastrophe reserves, notes Fitch Ratings in a commentary.
The market for insurance intermediary licenses has cooled significantly, with prices plunging amid a drought of deals and waning investor interest.
Aviva-COFCO Life Insurance has launched the first "growth-oriented participating insurance" product in mainland China with a guaranteed interest rate of 1.25%.
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) insurers are beginning to see signs of profitability recovery, supported by rising premiums and the adoption of AI technologies, according to industry sources.
Ten of the 51 psychiatric hospitals, in the cities of Xiangyang and Yichang in Hubei Province in central China, under investigation for mental health insurance fraud, were found to have engaged in fraudulent medical practices.