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Sep 2012

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Going for Gold - Keep calm and carry on

China is still growing. With an expected GDP growth of 7.5% for 2012, a figure that is envied by most other countries, one can hardly say it is stalling. A quick poll of eight industry practitioners and experts show that insurance is also still expanding with more opportunities beckoning, the cause celebre being CIRC liberalising the market.

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Non-Life - The motor race has just begun

One of the roadblocks often cited as to why foreign players are handicapped in China’s non-life market was their inability to write mandatory third-party liability motor insurance (MTPL) due to regulatory restrictions. With the restriction now lifted, is this the flag-off that foreign players have been waiting for? By Benjamin Ang

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Life – Think specialisation: Serve everybody, serve nobody

Specialisation in life insurance is key given the huge size of the China market. Differentiation and an eye on the retirement market could bring dividends. By Benjamin Ang

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China floods and insurance solutions

Floods have been a way of life in China for thousands of years. While the government has been successful in reducing the threats from these behemoth water-related risks, Mr Liu Yufeng of JLT Re China says that with the rapid urbanisation, it is crucial that China find solutions to this growing risk.

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Recent liberalisation of China’s insurance asset management sector

By Ms Lynn Yang, Partner, and Ms Tong Ai, Associate, Norton Rose LLP, Shanghai Office

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