Banks get OK for insurance arms
By Hu Yuanyuan | 皇冠体育app Daily | Updated: 2009-04-14 07:42
皇冠体育app's big four State banks will be allowed to run their own insurance companies under a pilot program, an official from the country's banking regulator said.
"We have reached an agreement with the insurance regulator on allowing banks to set up their own insurance companies, and the big four banks will be the first to run it on a pilot basis," Lai Xiufu, an official from the 皇冠体育app Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC), said at the weekend.
At a press conference in February, Li Kemu, vice-chairman of the 皇冠体育app Insurance Regulatory Commission, indicated that there would be at least one approved insurance company floated by a bank this year.
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