Ping An News

Chinese Insurers Send Claims Teams to Site of Yangtze Ship Disaster

PICC Property and Casualty Co. Ltd., the insurer of a ship that capsized in China’s Yangtze River on Monday, and other insurers have sent teams to the site to settle claims in connection with what could be the country’s worst …

Update: Russell Investment Exits Joint Venture With China’s Ping An

Russell Investment Management and China’s Ping An Insurance Group said they have terminated their investment joint venture after four years, the latest sign of friction between foreign fund managers and their Chinese partners. The joint venture, launched in March 2011, …

Ping An Profit Jumps 40% in 2014 on Strong Investment Returns

Ping An Insurance (Group) Co., China’s second-biggest insurer, rose to the highest in more than four years in Hong Kong stock trading on Thursday after it said profit jumped 40 percent last year. The shares advanced 4.6 percent to HK$92.60 …

China’s Fosun and Ping An Insurance Vying to Buy $1.6 Billion Berlin Complex

Fosun International Ltd., backed by Chinese billionaire Guo Guangchang, is vying with Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. to acquire 18 buildings on Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz square, people with knowledge of the matter said. Fosun and Ping An, China’s second-largest insurer, …

China’s Ping An to Raise $4.75 Billion in Hong Kong Share Sale

Ping An Insurance (Group) Co., China’s second-largest insurer, said it will raise HK$36.8 billion ($4.75 billion) in Hong Kong’s biggest share sale in almost two years to replenish equity and working capital. The company will sell 594 million new H …

Ping An Insurance Profit Rises on Investments, Banking Income

Ping An Insurance (Group) Co., China’s second-largest insurer, said first-half profit rose 28.3 percent as investment income expanded and earnings from banking operations grew. Net income climbed to 17.91 billion yuan ($2.93 billion), or 2.26 yuan a share, from 13.96 …

Thai Group Buys Ping An Stake from HSBC for $9.38 Billion

A conglomerate controlled by Thailand’s richest man, Dhanin Chearavanont, has bought a minority stake in China’s Ping An Insurance for $9.38 billion from global bank HSBC, a bold move that ranks as Asia’s second-largest deal this year. Dhanin’s Charoen Pokphand …

China’s Ping An Considers Legal Action vs. NY Times after Family Wealth Exposé

China’s second-biggest insurance company has threatened to take legal action against the New York Times for reports that Premier Wen Jiabao’s relatives had accumulated massive wealth, largely through holdings in the firm. In a written statement on Monday, Ping An …

HSBC in Talks to Sell $9.3 Billion China Ping An Stake

HSBC said it was in talks to sell its $9.3 billion stake in China’s Ping An Insurance, stepping up a program by Europe’s biggest bank to shed non-core parts of its business to boost profitability. HSBC spent $1.7 billion to …

China’s Ping An Insurance Reports Profit Up 20.6%

Ping An Insurance Co. of China said its quarterly profit rose 20.6 percent on strong premium growth but warned tougher conditions are ahead. Ping An said it earned 2.1 billion yuan ($337 million) in the three months ending Sept. 30. …