Ming An Holdings

Ming An Insurance (HK) was first established in 1947 in Hong Kong.[2]^: 383

It was nationalized after the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949. Despite all Mainland China insurers were merged into People's Insurance Company of China (PICC), Ming An Insurance was kept as a "window company" of the Chinese Government in the British Hong Kong, a British colony until 30 June 1997. Fellow insurers Taiping Insurance Company and China Insurance Company also survived as overseas subsidiaries of PICC.

In 1999, PICC was split into smaller insurer groups, which Ming An Insurance belonged to China Insurance Company. An intermediate holding company, The Ming An (Holdings) Company Limited was incorporated in 2006 in the Cayman Islands.[3] It became a listed company on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong in the same year.

As of 2007, Ming An Insurance had a market share of 3.9% in general insurance and ranked the fourth; the third was Bank of China Insurance (4.9%). [4]^: 287

Ming An (Holdings) was a listed company that incorporated on 5 September 2006.[3] Before it became a listed company, the parent company and largest shareholder was China Insurance HK (Holdings), which was also the parent company of fellow listed company China Insurance International Holdings (CIIH). The second largest shareholder was Cheung Kong Holdings, which acquired 29% stake of Ming An Insurance (HK) in July 2006.[5][6] In the eve of the listing and group re-organization, China Insurance HK (Holdings) owned 66.1% shares of Ming An (Holdings), followed by Cheung Kong (29%). The listed company CIIH also owned 4.9%.[3] In turn, Ming An (Holdings) 100% owned Ming An Insurance (HK) and Ming An Insurance (HK) 100% owned Ming An Insurance (China).[3]

In 2009 the listed company was privatized by CIIH, which known as China Taiping Insurance Holdings since the same year. The subsidiary, Ming An Insurance (HK), was also renamed to China Taiping Insurance (HK) Company Limited.