Foreign-funded insurance companies, including Sino-foreign
joint-venture insurances, have been allowed to increase their
investment in China's stock markets.
China Pacific-Aetna Insurance Company, a Sino-American
joint-venture insurance company, was recently approved to buy
China's stock investment funds by a proportion of 10 percent of its
registered capital.
An
official with the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC), the
insurance market watchdog, said more foreign-funded and
Sino-foreign joint-venture insurances will be given the green light
to increase their exposure in the stock markets.
He
disclosed a few insurances including the Zhong Hong Life and
AXA-Minmentals Assurance Co, Ltd, China 's two major joint-funded
insurance companies have applied to CPIC for approval to increase
their proportional investment of total assets in the stock
market.
CIRC and China's Securities Regulatory Commission allowed Chinese
domestic insurances to enter the stock market about six months ago.
China Pacific Insurance Company is allowed to invest 15 percent of
its assets to buy securities investment funds.
Ma
Yongwei, CIRC chairman, said on a recent occasion that as long as
it will do good to the development of insurance companies and
strengthen the risk-resisting ability of the insurance companies,
CIRC will continue to support insurance assets to enter the capital
market.
(China Daily)