CIRC issues 2008 insurance intermediaries report

In 2008, insurance intermediary organs across China raked in a premium income of 804.35 billion yuan.

• Insurers need to focus on value-added biz
• Great Eastern to set up 15 branches
• China must regulate auto exports to Russia
• Fiat, SAIC set up ventures
• Sinotruk awarded 1.8b yuan credit line
• Mazda to introduce 8 models by 2008
• Jianghuai to be top automaker
• Segmenting truck market for success
• Energy alternatives for vehicles
• Changan sets 2m production goal

• Henan's auto industry takes off
• Interest rate hike affects insurance proceeds
• Over 50% in survey do not trust insurers
• ING to merge two insurance companies
• Mitsubishi to set up China JV
• PSA mulls new plan for China operations
• Major auto groups may list this year
• New drug insurance postponed
• Rules broaden insurers' investment channels
• Car dealers change strategies in free-trade zones

• Beijing keen on China IV standard
• Carmakers see much stock in 2006
• China sets road map for bearing industry
• Geely to launch research center
• Chrysler still keen on China market
• Sunshine P&C establishes group company
• Insurers commissioned to collect vehicle and vessel tax
• Tianjin's Binhai area pilots insurance reforms
• New auto roro dock established in Shanghai
• Latest news on truck multinationals

• Zhejiang builds car parts centers
• Competition in bus market heats up
• Dongfeng to sell 167,000 trucks
• Auto filters to reach 1 billion units
• Insurance employees licensed
• Taikang surpasses New China Life in Q1 premiums
• Risk management rules for insurers
• State Grid develops electric cars
• Bird launches vehicle project
• Carmakers to roll out hybrid electric vehicles

• Expanding ties between banks and insurers
• New coal insurance firm to open
• Bohai Property to open 8 branches
• China Life gives a push to industry informationizing process
• Insurance practitioners checked
• Income gap widens among insurance salespeople
• Brilliance China drills deeper into car market
• VW engine plant starts production
• Georg Fischer to build iron foundry
• Golden Phoenix enters PSA global supply chain