Insurers post robust returns in 2009

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The investment yield of insurance companies rose by 4.5 percentage points to 6.41 percent last year, with total gains peaking at 21.4 billion yuan, the industry regulator said yesterday.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index surged nearly 80 percent in 2009 and considerably boosted the value of insurers' stock holdings.