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133. China Life Insurance

Rank: 133 (Previous rank: 159)
CEO: Yang Chao
Employees: 116,247
Address: 17 Financial St.
Beijing, 100140
Country: China
Website: www.chinalife.com.cn

	$ millions	% change from 2007
Revenues	54,534.1	25.5
Profits	473.0	-83.9
Assets	188,275.1	—
Stockholders' equity	493.2	—

Profits as % of
Revenues	0.9
Assets	0.3

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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