The reinsurer also reported US$89.7m in net profit after tax, according to parent Fosun International's unaudited half-year results, as it continued expanding its footprint across India, Europe and North...
Fitch expects the exposure to ease once the arm merges with sister company Acenda Life, which runs a lower-risk portfolio, with the merger creating Australia's fourth-largest life insurer.
AXA, BOC Group Life, FWD, HSBC Life and Manulife sit among 30 institutions involved in 36 use cases selected from nearly 100 proposals, in a cohort now spanning banking, securities, insurance and MPF.
Mainland China earnings came under pressure from bancassurance reforms and a greater reliance on participating products, but growth elsewhere lifted group profitability.
Stronger underwriting across motor, fire and casualty insurance helped offset higher catastrophe losses, while overseas investment income supported earnings growth.
Higher investment income and robust life insurance results propelled shareholder profit despite mixed performance across the group's non-life businesses.
The disposal is scheduled for Thursday and leaves Prudential Corporation Holdings with 32.6% of the Indian fund manager, with its governance rights unchanged.
