HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--China Life Insurance Co. (LFC), the country's biggest life insurer in terms of premiums, said in a statement Thursday its unaudited premium income for the January-September period was CNY237.3 billion.
The Hong Kong-listed insurer didn't provide a year-earlier figure for comparison, but last year it reported January-September premium income of CNY248.6 billion.
-By Lorraine Luk, Dow Jones Newswires; 852-2802-7002; lorraine.luk@dowjones.com
=> YTD premium down 4.6%, still in line with Bilibala's expectation. What drive an insurance company to be profitable is the value of new business (VNB) instead of merely premiums. According to 2q09 result, China Life's VNB rise significantly, let's see whether the trend will continue this quarter. If so, China Life's slightly drop in premium is not a concern, given the fact that its premium rise 57% on 9M 2008 compare to same period in 2007.
10.23.2009
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