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159. China Life Insurance

Rank: 159 (Previous rank: 192)
CEO: Yang Chao
Employees: 110,268
Address: 17 Financial St.
Beijing 100032
Country: China
Website: www.chinalife.com.cn

	$ millions	% change from 2006
Revenues	43,439.6	28.9
Profits	2,936.0	1,588.4
Assets	164,876.3	—
Stockholders' equity	9,991.7	—

Profits as % of
Revenues	7
Assets	2

Industry: Insurance: Life, Health (stock)

Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)
1	AXA	15	162,762.3
2	Assicurazioni Generali	34	113,812.6
3	Aviva	69	81,317.0


4	Prudential	94	66,358.0
5	Aegon	103	62,382.7
6	CNP Assurances	112	59,071.4
7	MetLife	129	53,150.0
8	China Life Insurance	159	43,439.6
9	Legal & General Group	202	36,416.1
10	Prudential Financial	221	34,401.0
11	Old Mutual	225	33,917.3
12	Manulife Financial	230	33,089.6
13	Samsung Life Insurance	247	30,905.4
14	Power Corp. of Canada	271	29,089.0
15	Cathay Financial Holdings	300	26,811.4
16	T&D Holdings	415	20,403.2
17	Standard Life	419	20,232.7
18	Sun Life Financial	433	19,731.0
19	Swiss Life	442	19,131.6