China to increase life insurers' foreign ownership cap
The Chinese government has announced its intention to lift foreign ownership limits on domestic life insurers.
China’s vice finance minister Zhu Guangyao suggested last week that foreign insurers could gain full ownership of domestic life insurers within five years, and joint venture stake limits could
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