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CIRC may raise insurers' minimum capital standard

(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-02-04 15:52
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CIRC may raise insurers' minimum capital standard

The China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC), the top Chinese insurance regulator, is said to be weighing a plan to raise minimum registered capital standard for insurers.

In order to improve China's supervision on insurers' solvency, the CIRC will change minimum registered capital requirements for insurers in the country, Wei Yingning, vice chairman of the CIRC, said recently.

The standard is likely to be raised, said people close to the watchdog. In addition, the minimum investment of insurers' minority shareholders may be raised to over 1 million yuan ($146,000) each. Restrictions on both net assets and corporate ownership of insurers' shareholders will be tightened.

The threshold lift will...

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