A prolonged low-rate environment is forcing Chinese insurers to rethink product design, with participating policies emerging as a core strategic and credit-supportive pillar.
With alternative investment yields fading and bond returns under pressure, insurers are reshaping portfolios and leaning on capital markets, increasing vulnerability to earnings shocks.
Actuaries are examining how quantum error correction breakthroughs could sharpen nat cat models and parametric pricing, though the technology would bring new risks.
The court found that HCF Life's pre-existing condition clauses did not create a significant imbalance, while leaving intact the earlier finding that the terms could mislead consumers.