Unfortunately, I have no record of the amount of insurance provided by the premium paid and should be obliged if your would please inform me.

China's insurance market, though still less than a fifth the size of America's, was the fastest-growing big market last year, with total premiums surging by more than a quarter in real terms.

If our premiums exceed the total of our expenses and eventual losses, we register an underwriting profit that adds to the investment income that our float produces.