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  • Chinese insurers' solvency falls for second consecutive quarter

    07 March 2023

    Q4 2022 figures all down from Q2/Q3 levels

  • Fitch expects smaller Chinese insurers to need outside help to bolster solvency

    14 February 2023

    Shareholders, bond markets and reinsurers likely to be key supporters

  • Claims inflation? What claims inflation?

    26 August 2022

    Rising costs of goods and labour may be squeezing underwriting results in Europe and North America, but for many insurers in Asia, claims cost inflation is a world away in every sense. David Walker reports

  • Chinese Huiminbao underwriters enjoy privileged access to public health data, says Fitch

    24 August 2022

    Health insurers are taking various paths to amass risk-relevant data

  • China's insurers suffer expected fall in solvency as C-Ross Phase II takes effect

    12 July 2022

    CBIRC says ratios "remain within a reasonable range"

  • Chinese life solvency falls in Q1 despite use of transitional rules

    20 May 2022

    Sales to weaken in 2022 as pandemic lockdowns persist

  • Large foreign-owned life insurers most likely to want Hong Kong RBC early

    10 January 2022

    Insurance Authority has invited long term insurers to apply if they wish to start the rules early