Top 5 News From ChinaKnowledge.comHSBC approved to set up branch in TaiyuanChina Int'l Travel Service wins CSRC approval for Shanghai IPOHang Lung Properties raises investment in Jinan ProjectMirae Asset cut stake in PICC Property & CasualtyChina set to transport 20% more domestic air passengers this year Jul. 22, 2009 (China Knowledge) - China's insurance premium income increased 6.6% year on year to RMB 598.61 billion in the first half of this year, said Wu Dingfu, chairman of the China Insurance Regulatory Commission, at a national insurance regulation working conference in Beijing on Monday.
The figure is higher than the RMB 597.55 billion the commission announced last week.
The nation's life insurance premiums in the first six months rose 3.6% year on year to RMB 447.43 billion, while property insurance premium income grew 16.4% from a year earlier to RMB 151.18 billion.
The country's insurance firms have forecast a combined profit of RMB 26.1 billion for the first half, up 98% from the corresponding period of last year.
In the first six months, the country's insurers paid an indemnities totaling RMB 160.81 billion, up 4.2% year on year.
By the end of June, the total assets of insurance companies in China had increased 10.9% from the start of this year to RMB 3.7 trillion.