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<ul><li>The NFRA reported 1Q26 premiums. Total insurance premium grew 6.3% YoY to RMB2.31tn, with industry premium modestly up by 1.4% YoY in March.</li><li>The divergence between personal life and P&amp;C premiums persisted in 1Q26 with the former marking +7.9% to RMB1.93tn and the latter falling 1.3% YoY to RMB382bn, indicating a continued strong momentum during life jumpstart sales, and a marginal recovery in P&amp;C with auto/non-auto premiums up 1.8%/ 2.7% YoY in Mar (vs. Feb: -0.3%/+0.3%).</li><li>We see three key trends in 1Q26 including 1) Life sustained robust growth in Mar, after achieving a compelling increase during the jumpstart period; 2) P&amp;C saw a marginal rebound in premium growth supported by a turnaround in both auto and non-auto segments; and 3) Health and accident (H&amp;A) insurance remained the two key drivers of P&amp;C non-auto premium growth, sustaining doubledigit increases in Mar 2026. </li></ul><p><em>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.</em></p>

The NFRA reported 1Q26 premiums. Total insurance premium grew 6.3% YoY to RMB2.31tn, with industry premium modestly up by 1.4% YoY in March.The divergence between personal life and P&amp;C premiums persisted in 1Q26 with the former marking +7.9% to RMB1.93tn and the latter falling 1.3% YoY to RMB382bn, indicating a continued strong momentum during life jumpstart sales, and a marginal recovery in P&amp;C with auto/non-auto premiums up 1.8%/ 2.7% YoY in Mar (vs. Feb: -0.3%/+0.3%).We see three key trends in 1Q26 including 1) Life sustained robust growth in Mar, after achieving a compelling increase during the jumpstart period; 2) P&amp;C saw a marginal rebound in premium growth supported by a turnaround in both auto and non-auto segments; and 3) Health and accident (H&amp;A) insurance remained the two key drivers of P&amp;C non-auto premium growth, sustaining doubledigit increases in Mar 2026. 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 - 1-3M26: Life growth resilient and P&C marginally recovered in March