On May 20, New China Life Insurance fell 3.1% in regular trading, trading at HKD 47.58/share, with trading volume of HKD 211 million. The decline reflects continued market repricing of the company's weak Q1 investment performance.

According to the company's previously disclosed Q1 report, revenue declined 33.7% year-over-year to RMB 22.1 billion, while net profit attributable to shareholders rose 10.5% to RMB 6.5 billion. However, the investment side showed significant weakness — annualized total investment return fell 3.6 percentage points year-over-year to just 2.1%, and fair value changes swung from a RMB 3 billion gain in the prior-year period to a RMB 20.8 billion loss. Critically, the company's TPL equity assets account for 78.7% of total equity holdings — the highest among listed insurers — leaving its income statement with virtually no buffer against equity market volatility.

The broader insurance sector also weakened, with China Taiping down 3.18%, China Life down 2.7%, AIA down 1.86%, and Ping An down 1.3%.

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