HK Stock Market Move | Inland insurance stocks collectively rebounded. The Shanghai Lujiazui Finance & Trade Zone Development forum released multiple significant signals. Institutions are optimistic about the repair brought by high growth in the second quarter performance.

Domestic insurance stocks collectively rebounded, with China Life Insurance (02628) up 7.99% to HK$30.26, New China Life Insurance (01336) up 6.53% to HK$53.05, China Pacific Insurance (02601) up 3.23% to HK$29.42, and Ping An Insurance (02318) up 1.58% to HK$54.7 as of the time of writing. On the news front, on June 17, the director of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, Ding Xiangqun, delivered a speech at the 2026 Shanghai Lujiazui Finance & Trade Zone Development Forum, releasing multiple important policy signals. GF SEC pointed out that the speech clearly stated to "accelerate the revision and implementation of the insurance law," emphasized "firmly promoting the integration of insurance and banking businesses," and proposed "strengthening financing support and insurance protection" to serve technological innovation. It also announced the promotion of the construction of the Shanghai International Reinsurance Center and international maritime insurance cooperation, marking the continuous improvement of the positioning of the insurance industry at the regulatory top-level design level, and is expected to provide institutional guarantee for the high-quality development of the industry in the medium and long term. Sinolink pointed out that the overall insurance sector experienced a pullback under funding disturbance. However, since April, the market has shown signs of recovery, and it is expected that insurance companies' investment income in the second quarter will significantly improve, driving high net profit growth. Meanwhile, the prosperous liability side will further solidify the foundation of performance growth, with expectations of the repair of insurance stock prices brought about by high growth in the second quarter performance.