Archive

  • CBIRC pulls industry up on sometimes "weak" investment look-through

    24 April 2023

    Non-standard asset transparency sometimes lacking, warns Chinese regulator

  • Chart of the Week - China's insurance solvency under C-Ross Phase II

    24 March 2023

    Solvency has headed mainly downwards, as expected, under China's revised regulations

  • Comment - CBIRC wants C-Ross Phase II to improve transparency and risk management - and leads by example

    16 January 2023

    Chinese regulator has spelled out some shortcomings in early reporting under revised rules

  • Regulator tells Chinese CIOs to achieve net-zero in investments

    06 June 2022

    CBIRC has released green finance guidelines

  • CBIRC issues investing outsourcing guidelines and rules

    18 May 2022

    Chinese regulator spells out when to sack managers, and plans a template outsourcing agreement

  • CBIRC expands investment scope for insurance investors

    18 May 2022

    More options should benefit real economy, regulator says

  • China's insurers told to 'build green' when financing cities

    17 May 2022

    Natcat and pandemic risk must be considered in their urban developments, CBIRC says

  • Closing comment - C-Ross Phase II takes flight

    10 May 2022

    China's insurers and regulators gear up for take-off under the country's revised regulations

  • China's Insurance Industry (almost) in eight charts

    27 April 2022

    David Walker draws on diverse data sources, to chart eight exhibits that give glimpse into the insurance industry of the world's most populous country and second largest economy

  • Comment - Is China's C-Ross Phase II creating the world's most transparent insurers?

    08 April 2022

    From capital coverage to managers' pay, Chinese insurers might be laying bare as much as any worldwide