It is surprising that China Life generated robust investment yields and its taxes were lowered in the first six months, said Credit Suisse.
The insurer's first-year premiums posted an annualized growth of 39.2 percent in the first half.
Credit Suisse forecast China Life's new business would rise by 28 percent but its embedded value would drop by 13 percent over a year ago in 2008.
China Life, the country's biggest insurer, said Monday its first- half profit fell 36.16 percent, as a bearish stock market has squeezed investment return. Its H1 net profit was 10.77 billion yuan ( 1.54 billion U.S. dollars) under China accountant standards, or 0.38 yuan per share.
China Life A-share has so far fallen by more than 70 percent from its peak. It outperformed the Shanghai market Tuesday, though dropping 0.87 percent to close at 25.02 yuan.

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