Generali has 180 years of experience in the insurance industry, having been founded in Italy in 1831. As one of the largest insurance groups and top asset managers in the world, Generali has insurance and financial operations 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. Generali and CNPC have long been ranking in the top 50 among the Fortune Global 500 companies in terms of revenues.

GCL combines internationally advanced insurance knowledge and experience with a localized market approach; provides tailor-made diverse insurance products to meet different needs of clients, including life, accident, health, investment and group insurances. These products provide wide protection and all-round benefits with flexible premium options and free combinations, and have generated a series of GCL products with clear characteristics and innovative advantages.

GCL believes that clients are its priority and provides all-round, professional and high-quality services for them. The efficiency and quality of claim service of GCL has long been leading the insurance industry. Simultaneously GCL advocates differentiated 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 of a first-class company.

Headquartered in Beijing, at present GCL has more than 60 subordinate entities in the Municipalities of Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and in the Provinces of Guangdong, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Shandong and Heilongjiang.

Since its founding, GCL has had a solid operation and all its sales channels have kept healthy, rapid and sustainable development. 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. 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. The group insurance business has been serving plenty of global 500 enterprises in China and well-known Chinese enterprises and institutions and its business scale and quality have long been No. 1 among foreign and joint venture insurers. Backed by strong support platforms and advanced service concepts£¬general agent channel has established cooperation with many large corporate agents and is developing rapidly. With innovative products and professional tele-marketing, direct marketing channel has been providing convenient and credible insurance service for clients. In addition, in order to provide better insurance service for its Chinese shareholder, the CNPC Group, GCL has established a dedicated business channel with high-quality staff, to provide insurance services for employees and retirees of CNPC, and mainly to provide underwriting, claim and other services of group business for subordinate entities of CNPC.

Backed by Generali¡¯s insurance experience 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 November 2010, at the 21st Century Asian Financial Annual Conference & Asian Insurance Competitiveness Ranking Report Release Ceremony 2010 organized by 21st Century Business Herald and 21st Century Institute Financial Research Center, GCL was awarded the prize "the Best Insurer in Innovation and Development 2010 ".