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Market Watchers: China’s Flourishing Online Ecosystem Boosts Internet Insurance Growth

China’s flourishing online ecosystem has opened a new growth path for the insurance industry, with internet insurance already growing 175.3% to 1.68 billion yuan (US$250 million) in premium income . . .

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