HK Stock Market Move | ZA ONLINE (06060) surges over 10% after earnings report, with shareholders' profits in the first half increasing by more than 1.3 times year-on-year, achieving insurance service revenue of 16.989 billion yuan.

ZA ONLINE (06060) surged over 10% after its earnings report, and as of press time, it has risen 6.96%, priced at HKD 11.68, with a trading volume of HKD 216 million. On the news front, on August 25, ZA ONLINE (06060) released its interim results for the six months ending on June 30, 2026, reporting insurance service revenue of RMB 16.989 billion, a year-on-year increase of 12.95%; net profit attributable to shareholders reached RMB 1.55 billion, a year-on-year growth of 132.18%; basic earnings per share were RMB 0.92. The announcement stated that in the first half of 2026, the company achieved total premiums of RMB 16.558 billion and insurance service revenue of RMB 16.989 billion, a year-on-year increase of 12.9%. Adhering to a strategy of high-quality growth, the company's combined underwriting cost ratio for the first half of 2026 was 95.5%, an improvement of 0.1 percentage points compared to the same period in 2025, with a combined claims ratio of 56.9% and a combined expense ratio of 38.6%. In the first half of 2026, the company achieved underwriting profit of RMB 773 million, an increase of 17.8% compared to the same period in 2025. At the same time, benefiting from the rise in equity markets, the total investment income from insurance investment assets surged by 150.0% year-on-year to RMB 1.596 billion. This led to a year-on-year increase of 132.2% in net profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company for the first half of the year, reaching RMB 1.55 billion.