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<ul><li>China listed insurers reported monthly premiums in May, showing resilience of top life peers despite a high base under the pricing interest rate (PIR) cut last year.</li><li>P&amp;C growth marginally improved thanks to a sequential rebound in auto and certain lines’ recovery in non-auto segment.</li><li>Chinese regulator recently guided some insurance companies to lower the upper limit of PIR of increasing sum assured whole life plans (IWLPs) to 2.75% (vs now: 3.0%) with an intention to further reduce the cost of liabilities of the insurance industry. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China listed insurers reported monthly premiums in May, showing resilience of top life peers despite a high base under the pricing interest rate (PIR) cut last year.P&amp;C growth marginally improved thanks to a sequential rebound in auto and certain lines’ recovery in non-auto segment.Chinese regulator recently guided some insurance companies to lower the upper limit of PIR of increasing sum assured whole life plans (IWLPs) to 2.75% (vs now: 3.0%) with an intention to further reduce the cost of liabilities of the insurance industry. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China Insurance - 5M24 Monthly: Life Growth Stayed Resilient

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<ul><li>The February PPI report is anticipated to show a MoM rise of +0.3% and a YoY increase of +1.1% (compared to January's +0.3% MoM and +0.9% YoY).</li><li>The consensus expects better growth of +0.8% MoM and +1% YoY (vs. January at 0.8% MoM and +0.6% YoY).</li><li>We recommend stocks with positive news stories: TACC, ICHI, and BCP.</li></ul>

The February PPI report is anticipated to show a MoM rise of +0.3% and a YoY increase of +1.1% (compared to January's +0.3% MoM and +0.9% YoY).The consensus expects better growth of +0.8% MoM and +1% YoY (vs. January at 0.8% MoM and +0.6% YoY).We recommend stocks with positive news stories: TACC, ICHI, and BCP.

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<ul><li>Major Chinese insurers disclosed Jan premium figures, falling short of expectations amid the long-debated 2024 jumpstart sales under tightened regulatory scrutiny announced in last Oct.</li><li>Among seven H-share listed insurers, only China Life (2628 HK) and Sunshine Life (6963 HK) reported positive lowsingle digit growth by +2.2%/ +1.5% on a like-for-like basis, whereas the others recorded year-over-year cutbacks.</li><li>Ping An Life (2318 HK) fell by 3.9% YoY, in contrast to double-digit declines of CPIC Life (2601 HK) / New China Life (1336 HK) / PICC Life (1339 HK) at -14.7%/-15.0%/-18.5%, respectively, due to its more-advanced-than-peers agency capability. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Major Chinese insurers disclosed Jan premium figures, falling short of expectations amid the long-debated 2024 jumpstart sales under tightened regulatory scrutiny announced in last Oct.Among seven H-share listed insurers, only China Life (2628 HK) and Sunshine Life (6963 HK) reported positive lowsingle digit growth by +2.2%/ +1.5% on a like-for-like basis, whereas the others recorded year-over-year cutbacks.Ping An Life (2318 HK) fell by 3.9% YoY, in contrast to double-digit declines of CPIC Life (2601 HK) / New China Life (1336 HK) / PICC Life (1339 HK) at -14.7%/-15.0%/-18.5%, respectively, due to its more-advanced-than-peers agency capability. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China Insurance – 1M24 life premiums fell short of expectations

<ul><li>Strong savings demand propelled a double-digit growth of cum. personal life premiums, which rose by 10.2% YoY in FY23, for the first time in three years amid the prolonged low-risk appetite.</li><li>Life premiums rose by 12.8% YoY to RMB2.76tn in FY23, posting the highest growth over the past three years although curving down a bit from the 7M23 peak (+15% YoY) after the pricing rate cut.</li><li>On a monthly basis, China Life (2628 HK) and CPIC (2601 HK) were the only two listed insurers turning positive to double-digit premium growth, by +13.0%/+16.7% YoY in Dec 2023, outpacing the industry level of +1.1% YoY.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Strong savings demand propelled a double-digit growth of cum. personal life premiums, which rose by 10.2% YoY in FY23, for the first time in three years amid the prolonged low-risk appetite.Life premiums rose by 12.8% YoY to RMB2.76tn in FY23, posting the highest growth over the past three years although curving down a bit from the 7M23 peak (+15% YoY) after the pricing rate cut.On a monthly basis, China Life (2628 HK) and CPIC (2601 HK) were the only two listed insurers turning positive to double-digit premium growth, by +13.0%/+16.7% YoY in Dec 2023, outpacing the industry level of +1.1% YoY.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Insurance - Life Premiums up by Double Digits for the First Time in 3 Years

<ul><li>The NAFR announced Life and P&amp;C premium income of all registered insurers in Sep, showing trends that: 1) the liability side of the sector continued to improve, despite recent regulatory tightening on channels, products and agent behaviour.</li><li>Personal life reversed a negative monthly YoY from -0.2% in 8M23 to +0.9% in 9M23 (Fig 1), and P&amp;C strengthened growth to +5.9% YoY in 9M23 (vs +3.2% YoY in 8M23), driven by an upward auto growth of 6.9% YoY in 9M23; 2) total investment assets expanded to RMB27.2tn in 9M23, up 8.5% from 12M22, with allocation in bonds increased to 44.0% in 9M23 (vs 43.6% in 8M23), and in stocks and equity funds down to 12.8% (-0.1pct from 8M23, Fig 15).</li><li>We believe the upward trend in long-term yields, evidenced by GCNY10 staying above 2.7% since mid Oct (Fig 18), will continue to benefit investment returns and asset performances of the sector, to serve as a shore-up for the sector’s valuation.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

The NAFR announced Life and P&amp;C premium income of all registered insurers in Sep, showing trends that: 1) the liability side of the sector continued to improve, despite recent regulatory tightening on channels, products and agent behaviour.Personal life reversed a negative monthly YoY from -0.2% in 8M23 to +0.9% in 9M23 (Fig 1), and P&amp;C strengthened growth to +5.9% YoY in 9M23 (vs +3.2% YoY in 8M23), driven by an upward auto growth of 6.9% YoY in 9M23; 2) total investment assets expanded to RMB27.2tn in 9M23, up 8.5% from 12M22, with allocation in bonds increased to 44.0% in 9M23 (vs 43.6% in 8M23), and in stocks and equity funds down to 12.8% (-0.1pct from 8M23, Fig 15).We believe the upward trend in long-term yields, evidenced by GCNY10 staying above 2.7% since mid Oct (Fig 18), will continue to benefit investment returns and asset performances of the sector, to serve as a shore-up for the sector’s valuation.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

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Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. is a Chinese financial services holding company. Its subsidiaries offer a wide range of products and services including life, health, property, and casualty insurance, banking, asset management, and healthcare services. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, China.

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China Insurance - 5M24 Monthly: Life Growth Stayed Resilient

China listed insurers reported monthly premiums in May, showing resilience of top life peers despite a high base under the pricing interest rate...

CMB International

Keep a Close Watch on US PPI and Retail Sales

The February PPI report is anticipated to show a MoM rise of +0.3% and a YoY increase of +1.1% (compared to January's +0.3% MoM and +0.9%...

Krungthai XSpring

China Insurance – 1M24 life premiums fell short of expectations

Major Chinese insurers disclosed Jan premium figures, falling short of expectations amid the long-debated 2024 jumpstart sales under tightened...

CMB International

Insurance - Life Premiums up by Double Digits for the First Time in 3 Years

Strong savings demand propelled a double-digit growth of cum. personal life premiums, which rose by 10.2% YoY in FY23, for the first time in three...

CMB International

China Insurance – 9M23 Monthly

We believe the upward trend in long-term yields, evidenced by GCNY10 staying above 2.7% since mid Oct, will continue to benefit investment returns

CMB International

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