Zheng Quan Ri Bao·2025-08-29 04:01Core Insights - The five major A-share listed insurance companies reported a total net profit attributable to shareholders of 178.19 billion yuan for the first half of 2025, representing a year-on-year increase of 3.7% [1] - The overall performance of A-share listed insurance companies showed a "four increases and one decrease" trend in net profit, with notable growth in new business value for life insurance and a decline in comprehensive cost ratios for property insurance [2] Group 1: Financial Performance - China Ping An achieved the highest net profit of 68.05 billion yuan, while China Life reported a net profit of 40.93 billion yuan, up 6.9% year-on-year [2] - China Pacific Insurance's net profit reached 27.88 billion yuan, growing by 11%, and China People's Insurance's net profit was 26.53 billion yuan, increasing by 16.9% [2] - New China Life Insurance saw the highest growth rate in net profit at 14.8 billion yuan, with a year-on-year increase of 33.5% [2] Group 2: New Business Value - The new business value for life insurance companies showed significant improvement, with China Life's new business value increasing by 20.3% year-on-year to 28.55 billion yuan [2] - China Ping An's new business value for life and health insurance grew by 39.8%, with a new business value rate increasing by 9 percentage points [2] - New China Life achieved a new business value of 6.18 billion yuan, up 58.4%, while China Pacific Insurance's new business value reached 9.54 billion yuan, growing by 32.3% [3] Group 3: Property Insurance Performance - China People's Insurance's property insurance comprehensive cost ratio was 95.3%, the best level in nearly a decade [4] - China Ping An's overall comprehensive cost ratio was 95.2%, down 2.6 percentage points year-on-year, indicating strong profitability [4] - China Pacific Insurance's comprehensive cost ratio was 96.3%, a decrease of 0.8 percentage points from the previous year, reflecting improved underwriting profits [4] Group 4: Investment Strategies - Insurance companies increased their equity market investments, with China Life's public market equity scale increasing by over 150 billion yuan by mid-year [5] - China People's Insurance reported a 26.1% growth in A-share investment assets compared to the beginning of the year, with an increase in total investment asset proportion by 1.2 percentage points [5] - The focus on optimizing equity investment strategies aims to balance absolute and relative returns, as well as short-term and long-term gains [6]