Ge Long Hui·2025-06-17 18:48Core Viewpoint - The resilience of the insurance main business is highlighted, with four ecosystems driving high-quality growth. ZhongAn Online, as the first internet insurance company in China, continues to achieve high premium growth through its "insurance + technology" dual-engine strategy, with total premiums expected to reach 33.42 billion yuan in 2024, reflecting a CAGR of 19.9% from 2018 to 2024, ranking eighth in the domestic property insurance industry and first in the internet property insurance market [1] Ecosystem Performance - Digital Life Ecosystem: Contributes 48.5% of premiums, benefiting from high e-commerce activity and innovative products (e.g., pet insurance, screen damage insurance), with premiums expected to grow by 28.9% year-on-year to 16.197 billion yuan in 2024, and innovative business growth reaching 77.2%. The combined cost ratio remains stable at 99.7%, with the expense ratio optimized to 31.7% [2] - Health Ecosystem: Accounts for 30.9% of premiums, centered around the "Zunxiang e-Sheng" product matrix, with premiums projected at 10.338 billion yuan in 2024, reflecting a CAGR of 23.8%. The claims ratio is optimized to 39.0%, with inclusive products (e.g., Zhongminbao) seeing a year-on-year premium increase of 177% [2] - Consumer Finance Ecosystem: Actively reducing scale while improving quality and efficiency, with a significant cost ratio optimization of 6.3 percentage points to 90.1% in 2024, maintaining controllable asset quality [2] - Automotive Ecosystem: Leveraging the co-insurance model with Ping An and obtaining compulsory insurance qualifications, premiums are expected to grow by 29.8% year-on-year to 2.051 billion yuan, with new energy vehicle insurance growth reaching 188.4% [2] Technology Business Development - ZhongAn Technology is building a second growth curve by empowering the entire insurance value chain and achieving external output. Internal efficiency improvements include a cumulative R&D investment of 7.244 billion yuan, accounting for 4.8% of premiums, and an automation rate of 99% for underwriting processes [3] - External output has seen a six-year CAGR of 43%, with 2024 revenue projected at 956 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.3%, marking the first profitable year with a net profit of 78 million yuan [3] Digital Banking and Web3 Initiatives - ZA Bank, a digital bank, leads in scale with total assets of 22.3 billion HKD in 2024, a year-on-year increase of 60%, and deposits of 19.4 billion HKD, up 66% [4] - The bank's net income is projected at 548 million HKD, a year-on-year increase of 52.6%, with net losses narrowing by 42% to 232 million HKD, the smallest loss in the industry [4] - In Web3, ZhongAn is the first stablecoin issuer in Hong Kong, serving over 200 Web3 enterprises, with partnerships to provide fiat reserves and settlement services, which are expected to drive non-interest income growth [4] Investment Outlook - The company is expected to maintain high growth in premium income from health ecosystem products, with continued expansion in digital ecosystems and innovative businesses. The consumer finance ecosystem may recover to positive growth as the macro environment improves, while the automotive ecosystem is anticipated to continue high growth [5]