Zhong An is variously a startup Chinese insurance company, a tech startup, and the first “new generation” InsurTech to have IPO’ed.  It floated on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in September 2017 and raised $1.5bn at a valuation of $11bn.  This made it the sixth most valuable e-Finance company in the world (after the likes of PayPal, Square, and Stripe).  It’s quite a remarkable achievement for a company that was founded only in October 2013. Here are eight things you should know about it, along with our summary infographic: 1. Zhong An’s growth has been unprecedented In its first three-and-a-half years of operation (October 2013 to March 2017), the business sold 8.2 billion policies to over half a billion policyholders.

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