Generali was established in 1831 and has had nearly 180 years of experiences in the insurance industry. As one of the largest insurance groups in the world, Generali has insurance and financial entities in 68 countries and regions worldwide. CNPC is China's largest oil and gas producer and supplier, as well as one of the world's major oilfield service providers and a globally reputed contractor in engineering construction. Its sales revenues, total assets and profits are always one of the highest among the large enterprises in China. Among the Fortune Global 500 companies in terms of revenue, Generali and CNPC have long ranked among top 50.

GCL combines internationally advanced insurance knowledge and experience with Chinese market, provides tailor-made diverse insurance products to meet different needs of clients, including life insurance, accident insurance, health insurance, investment insurance, family insurance and group insurance. These products provide wide protection and all-round benefits with flexible premium options and free combination, and have formed the product series of GCL with clear characteristics and innovative advantages.

GCL believes that clients are priority and provides all-round, professional and high-quality services for clients. The efficiency and quality of claim service of GCL have long been leading the insurance industry. Simultaneously GCL advocates differential services and keeps innovating in service contents. The special services with GCL characteristics like global emergency assistance, direct-billing medical service and so on enable clients to enjoy the privilege and superiority.

Headquartered in Beijing, at present GCL has more than 40 subordinate entities in Guangdong province, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Jiangsu province, Liaoning province, Sichuan province, Shaanxi province and Shandong province.

Since its founding, GCL has had a solid operation and all its sales channels have kept healthy, rapid and sustainable development. The group insurance business has been serving plenty of global 500 enterprises in China and its business scale and quality have long been No. 1 among foreign and joint-venture insurers. The alternative channel, in which bancassurance plays the key role, has maintained close and sound cooperation with major banks in China, and its revenues have been always one of the largest among the foreign and joint-venture insurers. Agency channel, well known for its efforts in cultivating knowledgeable and professional individual agents in the industry, has been prospering and has won the recognition from clients. In 2009 the total premium income of GCL rose to 4.499 billion RMB, ranking 2nd largest among foreign and joint-venture life insurers, with a production about double of 2008, far above the average annual growth rate of the whole life insurance industry in China.

Backed by Generali’s insurance experiences and the strength of CNPC and Generali, GCL aims to make itself a first-class insurer in China. Based on its business philosophy of honesty, client-first, professionalism and innovation, with learning, harmony, professionalism, ambition and solidity as its corporate values, GCL is devoted to create value for clients, shareholders, agents, employees and society.

In 2008 and 2009, at the 21st Century Asian Financial Annual Conference & Asian Insurance Competitiveness Ranking Report Release Ceremony organized by 21st Century Business Herald and 21st Century Institute Financial Research Center, GCL was awarded respectively " Annual Solid Development Prize" and "Annual Best Corporate Governance Prize". In January 2010, at the 3rd Golden Cicada Award Ceremony jointly organized by CCTV-Finance and China Times, GCL won the only big award for foreign and joint-venture insurers? The Best Annual Joint-venture Insurer 2009 ".