The State Council, which is China's cabinet, has spelt out several measures to promote the high-quality development of venture capital, including encouraging long-term funds, such as insurance funds, to invest in the venture capital sector to boost innovation.
Chinese insurance giant China Life has made direct investments exceeding CNY1tn ($138bn) in the integrated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei.
China Life Insurance, the country's biggest insurer, is purchasing half of a Beijing property project for CNY3.1bn ($436m).
In today's fast-changing environment, Japanese insurers must continue to transform in order to maintain competitiveness and grow globally, says the international professional services firm PwC.
Insurance companies in South Korea reported investments totalling KRW31.3tn ($22.7bn) in real estate overseas at the end of December 2023, holding the largest share of 54.4% among all categories of financial institutions in the country, according to data released by the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS).
Chinese insurance giant Ping An will maintain a balanced "double barbell" asset allocation to ensure stable returns, according to Mr Benjamin Deng, chief investment officer of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China.
2024 marks the fifth year of the establishment of the Dajia Insurance Group in June 2019 by the Chinese authorities to take over the operations of the now-defunct Anbang Insurance Group.
State-run listed reinsurer GIC Re has announced that its net profit after tax for the fiscal year ended 31 March 2024 (FY24) reached INR64,973m ($779.2m), 2.9% higher than in FY23.
The high domestic interest rate environment in the Philippines will keep insurers' investment yields strong as companies reinvest their assets into higher yielding fixed-income instruments upon maturity, according to AM Best.
Higher investment income averaging at a quarterly rate of return on investments (ROI) of 1.7% (1Q2023: 1.3%) has boosted the first-quarter earnings of 77 listed insurers in the GCC region, according to Insurance Monitor, a research and consulting firm.