保监会16日发布批复显示，安邦财险增资180亿元人民币，毫无悬念地成为了国内注册资本最大的财险公司👨🏻‍🦽。富达平台中国保险与社会安全研究中心主任许闲接受《ChinaDaily》采访时指出💇🏻‍♂️：考虑到其海外资产的可持续运营将会产生很大的资金支出，最新的资产注入将会加速安邦集团的海外扩张之路🔎。集团的海外投资主要集中在不动产和固定资产，这会降低投资风险同时带来长期稳定的利润。他同时指出🧚‍♂️，在扩张其全球购买量的同时，中国保险公司同样面临着诸如对资本的渴求和全球化人力资本管理多重挑战。通过全球化收购过程🖐🏼，安邦集团为本土企业的海外投资树立了一个榜样，同时安邦集团的经验也会对其他本土公司起到一定的借鉴作用🖖。

A subsidiary of Anbang Insurance Group Co Ltd has become the mainland's largest property insurer after securing a capital injection of 18 billion yuan ($2.88 billion), which analysts say will fuel the company's ambitious overseas expansion program.

According to the China Insurance Regulatory Commission, the injection has pushed the registered capital of Anbang Property Insurance Inc (API) to 37 billion yuan. But, the report did not identify the stakeholders or their shareholding.

API has now overtaken Ping'an Property Insurance Inc, which has a registered capital of 21 billion yuan, as the country's largest property insurer.

API was established in Sept last year as a unit of Anbang Insurance Group, which had kept a low profile until last year following a string of global acquisitions, including the purchase of the famed Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York.

Apart from API, many other Anbang subsidiaries and the group itself have secured capital injections many times since last year. The group raised its total registered capital twice last year - reaching 61.9 billion yuan in November.

Xu Xian, director of the China Insurance and Social Security Center at Shanghai's Fudan University, said the latest funding will boost the Anbang group's overseas expansion, given that the sustainable operation of its overseas assets will cost a lot of money.

The group's overseas acquisitions have focused mainly on real estate and fixed assets, which will reduce risks and create more stable returns in the long run, Xu told China Daily on Tuesday.

Following its global buying spree, the Beijing-based insurer is facing multiple challenges, including the thirst for capital and the management of international human resources, he added.

Ted Li, executive director of capital markets for Cushman & Wakefield Inc, told China Daily that Anbang's series of international acquisitions are lifting its position as a global giant with multiple investments in insurance and real estate.

Many mainland enterprises have encountered problems in seeking globalization, including cultural conflicts and lawsuits, which Anbang might also face, Li said.

The Anbang group has made several high-profile purchases in the past few months, including a $1.95-billion deal with Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc for the Waldorf Astoria. The price is the largest ever paid for a US hotel, according to research group Lodging Econometrics. In February, Anbang invested $1 billion to acquire a 63-percent stake in South Korea's Tongyang Life Insurance Co.

The privately-held insurer is considering an initial public offering, which could garner up to $2 billion, according to Bloomberg News.

Through the international acquisitions, Anbang has set an example for mainland firms to invest overseas, and its experience would be a great reference for other mainland companies, said Xu.

Many mainland insurance companies have invested in overseas real estate in recent years to diversify and seek higher returns.

Last year, China Life bought 70 percent of an office building along London's Canary Wharf in a $1.35-billion deal and, in 2013, Ping An Insurance Group acquired the Lloyd's of London building for 260 million pounds ($388 million).

Chinadaily HK Edition 03/18/2015 page9

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