China Ping An, one of the country's leading insurance company, announced Thursday that its premiums amounted to 76.02 billion yuan in the first three quarters of this year.

According to China Securities Journal, the total included 59.7 billion yuan for life insurance, 16.3 billion yuan for property insurance, 1.09 million yuan for health insurance and 51.54 million yuan for endowment insurance.

The Shanghai- and Hong-Kong-listed company has 583 billion yuanin gross assets, with earnings per share of 1.16 yuan and a liability against assets ratio of 83.72 percent.

(Xinhua News Agency October 18, 2007)