At the end of February 2009, the legislative institution in Beijing promulgated the revised insurance law of People’s Republic of China. This new insurance law will be enforced in October 2009.
When the first insurance law was promulgated in 1995, the Chinese insurance market was largely monopolized, controlled by one state-owned insurer. In regard to public opinion, most Chinese considered insurance as something novel. Today, although far from mature, the Chinese insurance market is too large to neglect. For example, the market is composed of 100 insurance companies and over 2000 intermediate insurance companies, including domestic companies, subsidiaries of foreign companies and joint ventures.Continue Reading The New PRC Insurance Law – Improvement and Limitation