The Insurance Authority published provisional statistics for the Hong Kong insurance industry in the first half of 2021. Total gross premiums reached $307 billion during the period, down 2.2% from the same period last year. Total premium income from long-term business was $273.6 billion (down 2.4%), while new business premiums from mainland visitors contracted to about $200 million (down 96.5%). Gross premiums for general insurance business were $33.4 billion (down 0.3%), and overall underwriting profit improved from $624 million to $794 million.
Why read this: Lists gross premiums for the first half of the year and breakdown figures for long-term and general business, along with year-on-year changes, allowing verification of trends in new business premiums from mainland visitors and underwriting profits.