Insurance Law

The State Council has lifted investment restrictions on foreign insurance companies

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The asset and liability management of insurance companies is under more stringent scrutiny

Foreign insurers are encouraged to participate in the country's emerging private pensions sector as the state pension fund is heading towards a $1.6 trillion gap over the next 30 years.

The underlying assets of an assembled funds trust in which insurance capital may be invested are limited

Procedures for setting up insurance asset management plans are simplified

The National Negative List relaxes foreign investment in mining, telecommunications, utilities, cinemas and water transport

Pre-tax deduction of insurance companies is clarified

Baker McKenzie and FenXun Partners discuss the impact of the new Foreign Investment Law on the repeal of FIE laws on existing FIEs, as well as the implications of other important provisions for foreign investors and FIEs in future.