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<ul><li>The NFRA reported 1-8M26 premiums. Total insurance premiums stayed broadly flat YoY at RMB4.82tn, with August monthly premium sliding 10.3% YoY to RMB530bn, mainly dragged by the decline in Life (-15.1% YoY) segment.</li><li>Personal life premiums fell 13.6% YoY to RMB401bn in Aug, sustaining the streak of double-digit declines for two consecutive months (Jul: -15.6% YoY) due to a high base of front-loaded demands in 3Q25 ahead of the PIR cuts in Sep-25 (vs. Jul-/Aug-25: +33.5%/+61.6%).</li><li>We expect the high-base effect to fade from Sep-26, with the trend of life premium sales to normalize in 4Q26E, alongside the ramp-up of the 2027E jumpstart sales. </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 1-8M26 premiums. Total insurance premiums stayed broadly flat YoY at RMB4.82tn, with August monthly premium sliding 10.3% YoY to RMB530bn, mainly dragged by the decline in Life (-15.1% YoY) segment.Personal life premiums fell 13.6% YoY to RMB401bn in Aug, sustaining the streak of double-digit declines for two consecutive months (Jul: -15.6% YoY) due to a high base of front-loaded demands in 3Q25 ahead of the PIR cuts in Sep-25 (vs. Jul-/Aug-25: +33.5%/+61.6%).We expect the high-base effect to fade from Sep-26, with the trend of life premium sales to normalize in 4Q26E, alongside the ramp-up of the 2027E jumpstart sales. 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 - 1-8M26: Weak Sales Momentum Persisted in Life and P&C Auto Insurance