The pilot occupational injury insurance programme for workers in new forms of employment in China, which till now, was available in select regions, as a pilot insurance programme, is now available across the country, according to an announcement by the Chinese Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.
The three most acute risks affecting China are government-related, according to a report by Economist Enterprise, supported by Marsh Asia.
China's insurance industry entered a new regulatory phase on 1 July as three significant policy measures took effect, introducing stricter product suitability rules, greater transparency in bancassurance fees and lower projected returns for participating insurance products.
As artificial intelligence and digital transformation accelerate, the demand for data-centric financial protection is skyrocketing and a new financial frontier is emerging to safeguard the new gold: data.
China's insurance sector is showing improving fundamentals, with positive developments on both the liability and asset sides, according to a research note from CITIC Securities.
China's insurance industry have sharply reduced capital raising activity in the first half of 2026, with both equity financing and bond issuance declining significantly from a year earlier.
While the average monthly income of life insurance agents stood at around CNY6,000 ($884), the distribution is heavily skewed, according to computations by Xishe Research Institute.
China Life Insurance, the titan of the nation's life insurance sector, is aggressively reshaping its business model.
A national insurance brokerage licence with a registered capital of CNY150m ($22m) is currently listed on the Beijing Equity Exchange with a starting bid of just CNY1.
China Life Insurance has acquired a long-vacant commercial plot in Beijing's central business district for CNY2.99bn ($441m), taking over an asset previously owned by a consortium led by the failed Anbang Insurance Group.