Now there are 22 Chinese-funded insurance companies, 3 foreign-funded insurance companies, 9 professional insurance agencies, and more than 1600 concurrent-business agents in Shantou. The insurance industry of the whole city is in a golden period of accelerated development, attracting major insurance agencies to settle in Shantou one after another.
Recently, Shantou Central Branch of China Life Property & Casualty Insurance Company Limited held the opening ceremony to announce its formal entering into Shantou. This company mainly engages in such business as property loss insurance, motor vehicle insurance, liability insurance, and credit insurance.
Source:Shantou Daily, Nov 3, 2010