Shenwan Hongyuan Securities·2025-12-30 09:33Investment Rating - The report maintains an "Overweight" rating for the insurance industry, indicating a positive outlook for the sector's performance relative to the overall market [3]. Core Insights - The strategic positioning of asset-liability management for insurance companies has been elevated, with the introduction of the "Insurance Company Asset-Liability Management Measures (Draft for Comments)" by the Financial Supervisory Authority [2]. - The draft emphasizes three main goals for asset-liability management: matching the term structure, cost-benefit matching, and liquidity matching, with insurance companies bearing primary responsibility and the authority overseeing compliance [2]. - The governance structure requires clear delineation of responsibilities for the board of directors and senior management, establishing an asset-liability management committee and department within insurance companies [2]. - The report highlights the importance of asset-liability management in mitigating interest spread risks, especially in a declining interest rate environment, and aims to enhance the risk warning mechanism for insurance operations [2]. Summary by Sections Regulatory and Monitoring Indicators - For property and casualty insurance companies, there are three regulatory indicators focusing on income-cost coverage and liquidity, all of which must not fall below 100% [5]. - For life insurance companies, four regulatory indicators are established, including effective duration gap and comprehensive investment income coverage, also requiring a minimum of 100% [5]. Valuation of Key Companies - The report provides a valuation table for key non-bank financial companies, including China Life, Ping An, and China Pacific Insurance, with metrics such as market capitalization and price-to-earnings ratios [6]. - For instance, China Life has a market capitalization of 115.02 billion RMB and a PE ratio of 7.66, while Ping An has a market capitalization of 119.24 billion RMB and a PE ratio of 9.02 [6]. Investment Recommendations - The report continues to recommend several major insurance companies, including China Life (H), Ping An (A/H), China Pacific Insurance, China People’s Insurance, New China Life, and China Property Insurance, while suggesting to pay attention to China Taiping [3].