China's auto insurance market have made a weak start to 2026, with several insurers seeing negative growth in auto insurance premiums in January, with some declines in the double digits.
Insurance funds have remained notably conservative in their approach to gold investments, despite being granted approval a year ago and amid a relentless rally that has pushed the precious metal to successive record highs. This caution persists even though insurers are theoretically able to allocate up to CNY200bn ($28.8bn) to gold.
China's Internet insurance premium income is estimated at approximately CNY642bn ($92.4bn) in 2025, representing a year-on-year growth of about 14%, according to a blue paper published by the China Insurance and Social Security Research Centre of Fudan University.
AIA Group and Aegon Group officially opened their asset management subsidiaries in Shanghai on 28 January 2026, becoming the first wholly foreign-owned insurance asset management firms in the metropolis.
Government policy guidance on agricultural insurance now emphasises a shift toward risk management, cost control, and service optimisation, with high-quality development becoming the industry's goal.
Over the past year, a series of "first-ever" technology insurance products has been launched, which are targeted at specific emerging technologies, the applications thereof and various scenarios.
Dajia Property and Casualty Insurance Co has reported a surge in net profits in 2025 to CNY137.25m ($19.75m), more than five times those of 2024, according to the company's 2025 fourth-quarter solvency report.
Nasdaq-listed Cheche Group, a leading auto insurance technology platform in China, has sealed a strategic cooperation agreement to develop digital insurance services.
The China Association of Actuaries is spearheading industry-wide efforts to compile commercial medical insurance net cost tables.
Nine government agencies have announced support for the insurance sector to develop commercial health insurance products and services tailored to the pharmaceutical retail sector.