Fanhua Ranks Among Best’s Review’s Top 20 Global Brokers for 2021


GUANGZHOU, China, July 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fanhua Inc. (the “Company” or “Fanhua”) (Nasdaq: FANH), a leading independent financial services provider in China, announced that it once again ranked 20th in the Top 20 Global Insurance Brokers ranking for 2021, according to the July 2022 edition of Best’s Review, a monthly magazine published by A. M. Best, one of the most prestigious insurance rating agencies. Fanhua has been on the list for the 12th time since 2010.

The annual ranking was compiled based on total revenues. Fanhua reported net revenues of US$513.3 million and adjusted net income of US$44.0 million in 2021. Despite industry downturn, Fanhua facilitated $1.73 billion gross written premium, up 12.2% year-over-year.

Mr. Yinan Hu, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Company, commented: “We are proud to be recognized as the top 20th in the 2021 annual ranking of global insurance brokers by A. M. Best, which demonstrates our market leadership in the Chinese insurance intermediary sector.”

“With the aging population and rising middle class in China, we remain optimistic about the huge growth potential in the Chinese insurance market, particularly driven by people’s emerging needs for elderly care and legacy management. We have been implementing in full strength the new strategy of “Professionalization, Career-based, Digitalization and Open Platform” in 2021, in an attempt to fully empower and cultivate professional talents, digitalize our operations and also empower the industry, which we believe will enable us to be best positioned to benefiting from the strong growth in the China’s insurance market over the long run.”

About Fanhua Inc.

Fanhua Inc. is a leading independent financial services provider. Through our online platforms and offline sales and service network, we offer a wide variety of financial products and services to individuals, including life and property and casualty insurance products. We also provide insurance claims adjusting services, such as damage assessments, surveys, authentications and loss estimations, as well as value-added services, such as emergency vehicle roadside assistance.

Our online platforms include: (1) Lan Zhanggui, an all-in-one platform which allows our agents to access and purchase a wide variety of insurance products, including life insurance, auto insurance, accident insurance, travel insurance and standard health insurance products from multiple insurance companies on their mobile devices; (2) Baowang (www.baoxian.com), an online entry portal for comparing and purchasing short term health, accident, travel and homeowner insurance products; and (3) eHuzhu (www.ehuzhu.com), a non-profit online mutual aid platform in China.

As of March 31, 2022, our distribution and service network is consisted of 735 sales outlets covering 23 provinces, autonomous regions and centrally-administered municipalities and 109 service outlets covering 31 provinces.

For more information about Fanhua Inc., please visit http://ir.Fanhuaholdings.com/.

Forward-looking Statements

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