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291. Cathay Life Insurance

Rank: 291 (Previous rank: 300)
CEO: Fa-te Chang / Ming-ho Hsiung
Employees: 35,702
Address: 296 Jen Ai Rd., Sec. 4
Taipei, 106
Country: Taiwan
Website: www.cathaylife.com.tw

	$ millions	% change from 2007
Revenues	29,852.2	19.4
Profits	-62.6	-108.8
Assets	72,192.9	—
Stockholders' equity	1,641.9	—

Profits as % of
Revenues	-0.2
Assets	-0.1

Industry: Insurance: Life, Health (stock)

Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)
1	Japan Post Holdings	11	198,699.8
2	Assicurazioni Generali	47	103,103.0
3	AXA	73	80,256.8


4	MetLife	132	55,085.0
5	China Life Insurance	133	54,534.1
6	CNP Assurances	196	38,481.7
7	Aviva	221	35,505.8
8	Power Corp. of Canada	226	35,125.1
9	Manulife Financial	276	30,947.5
10	Cathay Life Insurance	291	29,852.2
11	Prudential Financial	298	29,275.0
12	T&D Holdings	349	25,281.9
13	Hanwha	362	24,782.1
14	Samsung Life Insurance	367	24,419.5

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From the July 20, 2009 issue

The 2007 rank is for the company's parent, Cathay Financial Holdings, which no longer reports on a consolidated basis.

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