A proposal to establish a natural hazard insurance system framework, was made yesterday by a senior official of the China Insurance Regulatory Commission, Vice Chairman Wei Yingning.
"With a disaster insurance system, we could use the funds to leverage more private capital to undertake the risk, and form multi-level risk-sharing mechanisms." said Mr Yingning. He suggested that the system should be managed by the government with support from commercial insurers.
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