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China industry practitioners praise CBIRC as dissolution flagged
10 March 2023New set up suggests a more centralized regulatory mechanism
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Closing comment - C-Ross Phase II takes flight
10 May 2022China's insurers and regulators gear up for take-off under the country's revised regulations
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Ratings agencies have 'positive outlook' on China's C-Ross Phase II
18 April 2022Fitch and Moody's tell David Walker Phase II new rules may lower average solvency ratios, but they will lift risk- and capital management, including for investments, at insurers
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China offers insurers discounted 'green capital charge' under new rules
11 January 2022CBIRC also promoting real-economy investments by C-Ross Phase II
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C-ROSS Phase II will see declines in Chinese solvency ratios
06 January 2022But rating agencies say regime will improve the quality of capital and risk measurement
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Chinese insurers face investment income volatility with increased allocation to equity
07 December 2020But credit risk mitigated from reduced allocation to alternatives, Moody's says
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Chinese insurers investing through shadow banks
14 May 2018Move driven by search for higher returns on the back of china’s private sector struggle to find capital
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Appetite for alternatives brings credit risk concerns for China's insurers
20 September 2017Moody's warns small and medium-sized insurers are most at risk, as regulatory and economic factors encourage less familiar investments