年上半年中國保險業利潤下跌54%
Chinese insurers saw their profits implode in the first six months of 2016.
中國保險企業2016年上半年利潤出現大幅下滑。
Profits fell by 54 per cent year-on-year to Rmb105.6bn ($15.9bn) during the period, a drop of Rmb124.4bn, according to figures published by the China Insurance Regulatory Commission.
據中國保監會(Insurance Regulatory Commission)公佈數字，上半年利潤總額1055.86億元人民幣（合159億美元），同比減少1241.99億元人民幣，下降54.05%。
Profit at property insurers fell 43.39 per cent year-on-year to Rmb33.7bn. For life insurance firms it dropped 65.6 per cent to Rmb54.2bn, while for reinsurers it fell 58.8 per cent to Rmb4.4bn.
產險公司利潤同比下降43.49%，至336.57億元人民幣。壽險公司利潤下降65.60%，至541.84億元人民幣，再保險公司利潤下降58.79%，至30.68億元人民幣。
Only asset management firms saw profits rise, up 16.7 per cent year-on-year to Rmb3.7bn.
只有資產管理公司利潤出現上升，同比增長16.64%，至37.17億元人民幣。
The regulator said that “faced with a complex and volatile market environment,” funds had realised gains of only Rmb294.5bn in the first half, a drop of 42.3 per cent.
中國保監會表示“面臨複雜多變的市場環境”，上半年實現資金運用收益僅2944.82億元人民幣，下降42.32%。
Those falls came despite a rise in insurance premium income of 37.3 per cent year-on-year to Rmb1.88tn, while total assets reached Rmb14.27tn, up 15.4 per cent.
雖然出現上述下跌，但保費收入同比增長37.3%，至1.88萬億元人民幣，保險業資產總量達到14.27萬億元人民幣，增長了15.42%。
Staff numbers at insurance agencies also rose by 936,200 to a total of more than 5.6m people.
保險代理人員也增加了93.62萬人，總人數逾560萬人。
