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PICC Health to get 2b yuan capital injection

By Hu Yuanyuan (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-01-14 13:45

PICC Health Insurance Co, a subsidiary of PICC Group, is expected to receive a 2 billion yuan ($292 million) capital injection to combat weakening solvency, industry sources said today.

The Ministry of Finance has approved PICC Health's 2 billion yuan capital injection plan, with 1.62 billion yuan from the PICC Group have been in the account, Shanghai Securities News cited an anonymous source as saying.

By the end of the third quarter of last year, PICC Health's solvency fell to -53.49 percent, according to the source.

The China Insurance Regulatory Commission, the industry watchdog, has asked the company to stop selling its universal life insurance policies in five regions including Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Liaoning and Shenzhen.