Food liability insurance in China: a promising market yet to take off
China has recently faced a number of food scandals leading to a public outcry for safer products. Artemisia Ng investigates whether insurers have the appetite to underwrite this market.
China's recent spate of food scandals, from chromium-contaminated capsules to toxic baby formula and gutter grease disguised as cooking oil, have alarmed consumers at home and abroad.
Public outcry
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