China Plans $29 Billion Capital Injection Into Biggest Insurers

China is mulling the sale of hundreds of billions of yuan in special government bonds to recapitalize some of its largest insurers, according to people familiar with the matter, strengthening the biggest players in a sector that is under pressure to consolidate.

The sale would raise about 200 billion yuan ($29 billion) to help recapitalize the insurers, said one of the people, declining to be identified as the matter is private. The proceeds will be injected into state-controlled firms including China Life Insurance Group Co., the People’s Insurance Co. Group of China Ltd., and China Taiping Insurance Group Co., the ...