Insurance Law

• Circular on Clarifying the Measures Relevant to the Opening of the Insurance Intermediary Market to Foreign Investment

  关于明确保险中介市场对外开放有关措施的通知

  China opens up its insurance brokerage market

  December 23, 2021

• In the News: SenseTime Blacklisted; Insurance Asset Management Opening-Up; and App Store Removals

  OFAC prohibits U.S. investments in AI company SenseTime, Hong Kong listing postponed; CBIRC to remove foreign ownership cap for insurance asset management firms; MIIT orders removal of 106 apps over data violations

  December 14, 2021

  

• General Office of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, Circular on Matters Relevant to the Investment of Insurance Capital in Publicly Offered Infrastructure Securities Investment Funds

  中国银保监会办公厅关于保险资金投资公开募集基础设施证券投资基金有关事项的通知

  Insurance capital may invest in REITs.

  December 10, 2021

• Circular on Matters Relevant to Revising the Requirements in Respect of the Credit Rating of Bonds in Which Insurance Capital is Invested

  关于调整保险资金投资债券信用评级要求等有关事项的通知

  Insurance capital investment increasingly dependent on domestic bond credit rating

  December 10, 2021

• In the News: Hong Kong Secondary Listings; SAMR Antitrust Fines; and Allianz Life Insurance

  Hong Kong finalizes secondary listing reforms to attract more Greater China Issuers; SAMR fines tech giants for failing to declare transactions; and German insurer Allianz approved to take full control of life insurance business

  November 23, 2021

  

• General Office of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, Circular on Matters Relevant to the Registration of Asset-Backed Plans and Private Insurance Funds

  中国银保监会办公厅关于资产支持计划和保险私募基金登记有关事项的通知

  CBIRC relaxes procedures for insurance companies' funds investment

  October 15, 2021

• China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, Measures for the Administration of the Affiliated Transactions of Banking and Insurance Institutions (Draft for Comments)

  中国银行保险监督管理委员会银行保险机构关联交易管理办法 (征求意见稿)

  CBIRC defines affiliated transactions of banks and insurance companies

  July 05, 2021

• China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, Standards for the Corporate Governance of Banking and Insurance Institutions

  中国银行保险监督管理委员会银行保险机构公司治理准则

  Private banking or insurance institutions shall establish a Party organizational structure

  June 25, 2021

• China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, Measures for the Administration of Banking and Insurance Institution Permits

  中国银行保险监督管理委员会银行保险机构许可证管理办法

  New rules are set out for banking and insurance permits

  May 21, 2021

• Implementing Rules for the PRC Regulations for the Administration of Foreign-Invested Insurance Companies (Revised)

  中华人民共和国外资保险公司管理条例实施细则 (修正)

  Foreign insurance group companies and non-insurance financial institutions may become shareholders of foreign-invested insurance companies

  April 01, 2021