GUANGZHOU, China, Dec. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The board of directors (the “Board”) of Fanhua Inc. (“Fanhua” or “the Company”) (Nasdaq: FANH), a leading independent financial services provider in China, today announced that with immediate effect, Mr. Yinan Hu (“Mr. Hu”), founder and a director of the Company, has been appointed by the Company’s Board to be its chairman and chief executive officer, filling the vacancy left by the resignation of Mr. Chunlin Wang (“Mr. Wang”). Mr. Wang has informed the Board that his resignation is due to his personal reasons.
As the founder of Fanhua, Mr. Yinan Hu is also the largest shareholder of the Company, currently beneficially owns approximately 18.6% of the Company’s outstanding ordinary shares. Mr. Hu served as chairman of the Board from 1998 to 2017, and chief executive officer from 1998 to 2011. Mr. Hu Yinan graduated from Southwestern University of Finance and Economics with a master's degree in finance. In 2020, he was awarded the honorary title of “The 40 Greatest Insurance Leaders in 40 Years of Chinese Insurance Industry’s History”, recognized as a leading figure in China's insurance industry.
Mr. Yinan Hu, chairman and chief executive officer of Fanhua, commented, “In the past decade, Mr. Chunlin Wang, as the captain of Fanhua, has shown excellent leadership and strong strategic execution, making great contributions to the growth of Fanhua. On behalf of the Company's board of directors, I would like to extend my most sincere thanks to him.
“China's insurance industry is currently in a stage of profound changes, posing great challenges to Fanhua’s development. Fanhua thus upgraded its development strategy to ‘Professionalization, Digitalization and Open Platform’ in 2021, and the next few years will be crucial for delivering the strategy successfully. I am grateful to the Board for their trust and support. I am convinced that Fanhua will transform into a great company. I will lead all the people of Fanhua to strive to achieve this goal with an all-out effort. ”
About Fanhua Inc.
Fanhua Inc. is a leading independent financial services provider. Through our online platforms and offline sales and service network, we offer a wide variety of financial products and services to individuals, including life and property and casualty insurance products. We also provide insurance claims adjusting services, such as damage assessments, surveys, authentications and loss estimations, as well as value-added services, such as emergency vehicle roadside assistance.
Our online platforms include: (1) Lan Zhanggui, an all-in-one platform which allows our agents to access and purchase a wide variety of insurance products, including life insurance, auto insurance, accident insurance, travel insurance and standard health insurance products from multiple insurance companies on their mobile devices; (2) Baowang (www.baoxian.com), an online entry portal for comparing and purchasing health, accident, travel and homeowner insurance products and (3) eHuzhu (www.ehuzhu.com), a non-profit online mutual aid platform in China.
As of September 30, 2021, our distribution and service network is consisted of 750 sales outlets covering 23 provinces and 110 service outlets covering 31 provinces.
For more information about Fanhua Inc., please visit http://ir.fanhuaholdings.com/.
Forward-looking Statements
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