2025年一季度保险业资金运用情况点评：风险偏好提升，权益增量持续

Investment Rating - The investment rating for the insurance industry is "Outperform the Market" (maintained) [1] Core Insights - As of the end of Q1 2025, the balance of insurance funds reached 34.9 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 16.7% [2] - The bond market saw rising yields, prompting insurance companies to increase their bond investments, with the balance of bond allocations for life insurance companies reaching 16.1 trillion yuan, a quarter-on-quarter increase of over 1 trillion yuan, marking a historical high of over 51% [2][19] - In the context of "asset scarcity," insurance companies are expanding investment channels to stabilize medium to long-term investment returns, with a positive outlook on long-duration bonds and high-dividend stocks [2][19] Summary by Sections Bond Market - In Q1 2025, the bond market interest rates rose, attracting insurance capital to increase long-term bond allocations [3] - The 10-year and 30-year government bond yields increased by 20.5 basis points and 18.3 basis points respectively since the beginning of the year [3] Equity Market - Equity assets have become crucial for insurance companies to enhance returns, with life insurance companies' stock holdings reaching 2.65 trillion yuan and long-term equity investments at 2.60 trillion yuan, together accounting for over 16% of total investments [5] - The top ten heavily weighted industries saw significant increases in holdings, except for real estate, which saw a year-on-year decrease of 28.1% [6] Investment Allocation - Life insurance companies increased their bond allocation to 16.06 trillion yuan, a quarter-on-quarter growth of 6.7%, while property insurance companies' bond allocation reached 909.3 billion yuan, a 4.6% increase [10] - The allocation of stocks for life and property insurance companies reached 8.4% and 7.6% respectively, both marking recent highs [19] Long-term Investment Strategies - The expansion of long-term stock investment trials is expected to bring stable medium to long-term incremental funds to the capital market, with a focus on high-quality listed companies in both domestic and Hong Kong markets [12][13] - The insurance industry is actively increasing its allocation to long-term bonds and high-dividend stocks to optimize asset-liability management [10][19]