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Korea Herald
16-05-2025
- Business
- Korea Herald
Ping An #1 in Brand Value Among Global Insurance Companies in BrandZ 2025 Ranking
HONG KONG and SHANGHAI, May 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. ("Ping An", the "Company" or the "Group", HKEX: 2318; SSE: 601318) is the top ranked insurance company in BrandZ's Global Top 100 list of the world's most valuable brands for 2025, with brand value exceeding US$26.3 billion, a 25% increase year-on-year. The Company jumped six places to 84 on the list, the only Chinese insurance group included this year. Ping An also maintained its position as the most valuable insurance brand in China for the 10 th consecutive year. According to BrandZ, over the past two decades, technology-driven disruptive business models have become the core drivers of value growth across industries. Ping An's consistent leadership in brand value within the insurance sector highlights its resilience and momentum in technology innovation that enable it to thrive across economic cycles. The BrandZ Most Valuable Global Brands report is one of the world's most recognized and comprehensive in brand valuation. It focuses on global brand innovation and calculates brands' value with extensive data analysis based on a framework of meaningfulness, differentiation, and salience. Since 1998, Kantar BrandZ has surveyed more than 4.5 million consumers across 54 markets worldwide, covering more than 20,000 brands. This year, 12 Chinese brands made it into the BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands list: Tencent, Alibaba, TikTok, Moutai, Huawei, Haier, China Mobile, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), Meituan, Ping An, Agricultural Bank of China, and Xiaomi. Ping An continues to advance its technology-driven "integrated finance + health and senior care" strategy and remains committed to providing "worry-free, time-saving, and money-saving" value services for customers. Ping An aims to contribute to high-quality economic and social development as it advances its digital transformation, actively fulfills corporate social responsibilities, and meets the growing financial, health, and senior care needs of society. About Ping An Group Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (HKEx:2318 / 82318; SSE:601318) is one of the largest financial services companies in the world. It strives to become a world-leading provider of integrated finance, health and senior care services. Under the technology-driven "integrated finance + health and senior care" strategy, the Group provides professional "financial advisory, family doctor, and senior care concierge" services to its nearly 240 million retail customers. Ping An advances intelligent digital transformation and employs technologies to improve financial businesses' quality and efficiency and enhance risk management. The Group is listed on the stock exchanges in Hong Kong and Shanghai. As of the end of December 2024, Ping An had more than RMB12 trillion in total assets. The Group ranked 29 th in the Forbes Global 2000 list in 2024 and 53 rd in the Fortune Global 500 list in 2024.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Ping An #1 in Brand Value Among Global Insurance Companies in BrandZ 2025 Ranking
HONG KONG and SHANGHAI, May 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. ("Ping An", the "Company" or the "Group", HKEX: 2318; SSE: 601318) is the top ranked insurance company in BrandZ's Global Top 100 list of the world's most valuable brands for 2025, with brand value exceeding US$26.3 billion, a 25% increase year-on-year. The Company jumped six places to 84 on the list, the only Chinese insurance group included this year. Ping An also maintained its position as the most valuable insurance brand in China for the 10th consecutive year. According to BrandZ, over the past two decades, technology-driven disruptive business models have become the core drivers of value growth across industries. Ping An's consistent leadership in brand value within the insurance sector highlights its resilience and momentum in technology innovation that enable it to thrive across economic cycles. The BrandZ Most Valuable Global Brands report is one of the world's most recognized and comprehensive in brand valuation. It focuses on global brand innovation and calculates brands' value with extensive data analysis based on a framework of meaningfulness, differentiation, and salience. Since 1998, Kantar BrandZ has surveyed more than 4.5 million consumers across 54 markets worldwide, covering more than 20,000 brands. This year, 12 Chinese brands made it into the BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands list: Tencent, Alibaba, TikTok, Moutai, Huawei, Haier, China Mobile, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), Meituan, Ping An, Agricultural Bank of China, and Xiaomi. Ping An continues to advance its technology-driven "integrated finance + health and senior care" strategy and remains committed to providing "worry-free, time-saving, and money-saving" value services for customers. Ping An aims to contribute to high-quality economic and social development as it advances its digital transformation, actively fulfills corporate social responsibilities, and meets the growing financial, health, and senior care needs of society. About Ping An GroupPing An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (HKEx:2318 / 82318; SSE:601318) is one of the largest financial services companies in the world. It strives to become a world-leading provider of integrated finance, health and senior care services. Under the technology-driven "integrated finance + health and senior care" strategy, the Group provides professional "financial advisory, family doctor, and senior care concierge" services to its nearly 240 million retail customers. Ping An advances intelligent digital transformation and employs technologies to improve financial businesses' quality and efficiency and enhance risk management. The Group is listed on the stock exchanges in Hong Kong and Shanghai. As of the end of December 2024, Ping An had more than RMB12 trillion in total assets. The Group ranked 29th in the Forbes Global 2000 list in 2024 and 53rd in the Fortune Global 500 list in 2024. For more information, please visit and follow us on LinkedIn - PING AN. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd.
Korea Herald
15-05-2025
- Business
- Korea Herald
Charting 20 years of brand value: Kantar BrandZ 2025 ranking reveals the world's most valuable brands
Since 2006 over $9.3 trillion has been added to the Global Top 100, now valued at $10.7 trillion LONDON, May 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Kantar, the world's leading marketing data and analytics company, launches its 20 th edition of BrandZ Most Valuable Global Brands, the world's most authoritative brand ranking, based on consumer perceptions and financial performance. US brands now comprise 82% of the total value of the Global Top 100, up from 63% in 2006, but a rise among Chinese brands and volatility caused by escalating tariffs could threaten this order. Chinese brands have doubled their value over the past 20 years, now accounting for 6% of the overall value of the Global Top 100. These shifts have come at the expense of European brands, which for now account for only 7% of the Global Top 100 (down from 26% in 2006). Martin Guerrieria, Head of Kantar BrandZ, said: "Even through economic crises, the world's most valuable brands have consistently outperformed the S&P 500 and MSCI World Index over 20 years. This is irrefutable proof of marketing's value. A brand is a company's most valuable asset, and the last thing businesses should be doing in response to market shocks is cutting marketing investment. "Brands are built on ongoing exposure and experiences. The most successful are consistent in their messaging and recognise the intangible value of brands in the minds of consumers. The smartest businesses differentiate their brands to the extent that consumers are happy to pay a premium, because they can maintain or survive price rises without eroding demand. This is crucial for protecting margins when facing external pressures." Outside the US, significant gains have been seen for Sweden's Spotify, re-entering the Global Top 100 at 76; India's Airtel, the fastest growing telecom brand in the world; Argentinian retailer Mercado Libre, the only Latin American brand in the Global Top 100; Spanish retailer Zara, which rose five places to 65th, and Canada's RBC, which saw the biggest YOY brand value growth (43%) of any financial services brand outside the US. Disruptive brands fuel long-term brand value Brands that disrupted their category or reinvented themselves have accounted for almost three-quarters (71%) of the incremental $9.3 trillion of value created in the Global Top 100 since 2006. In 2025 this includes Stripe and Chipotle, which have entered the ranking for the first time (in 85th and 86th place) and Aldi, which has been in the Global Top 100 for 15 of the past 20 years, and is currently ranked 94th. Martin Guerrieria comments:"Innovators keeping up with consumer needs or redefining them entirely are the brands fundamentally reshaping the Global Top 100 over the past two decades – think Uber, and now ChatGPT. The most successful – like Apple, Amazon, Google and Microsoft – have long moved away from their original product base." Overall, the Global Top 100 has reached a record total brand value of $10.7 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 29%. This has been driven by tech-enabled disruptor brands, which have delivered most of the increase in value over the past 20 years across all sectors. Martin Guerrieria, Head of Kantar BrandZ, said:"In a world of digital saturation and tough consumer expectations, brands need to meet people's needs, connect with them emotionally and offer something others don't to succeed. They need to be not just different, but meaningfully so. The dominance of brands like Apple, Instagram and McDonald's underlines the power of a consistent brand experience that people can relate to and remember. ChatGPT's dramatic rise shows how a brand can find fame and influence society to the extent that it changes our daily lives. But with generative AI competition accelerating, OpenAI will need to invest in its brand to preserve it first-mover momentum." Other trends from Kantar BrandZ's global report include: Cheong Tai Leung, CEO- APAC, Insights Division, Kantar added:"Even amid economic downturns, the world's most valuable brands have consistently outperformed major indices, providing irrefutable proof of the power of marketing and the enduring value of strong brands. Encouragingly, we're seeing a growing number of brands from APAC securing positions among the world's most valuable, underscoring the ambition, resilience and global competitiveness of leading businesses across the region." Kantar BrandZ Top 10 Most Valuable Global Brands 2025 About Kantar BrandZ: Kantar BrandZ is the global currency when assessing brand value, quantifying the contribution of brands to business' financial performance. Kantar's annual global and local brand valuation rankings combine rigorously analysed financial data, with extensive brand equity research. Since 1998, BrandZ has shared brand-building insights with business leaders based on interviews with 4.5 million consumers, for 22,000 brands in 54 markets. Discover more about Kantar BrandZ here. Kantar is the world's leading marketing data and analytics business and an indispensable brand partner to the world's top companies. We combine the most meaningful attitudinal and behavioural data with deep expertise and advanced analytics to uncover how people think and act. We help clients understand what has happened and why and how to shape the marketing strategies that shape their future.
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Charting 20 years of brand value: Kantar BrandZ 2025 ranking reveals the world's most valuable brands
Since 2006 over $9.3 trillion has been added to the Global Top 100, now valued at $10.7 trillion LONDON, May 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Kantar, the world's leading marketing data and analytics company, launches its 20th edition of BrandZ Most Valuable Global Brands, the world's most authoritative brand ranking, based on consumer perceptions and financial performance. US brands now comprise 82% of the total value of the Global Top 100, up from 63% in 2006, but a rise among Chinese brands and volatility caused by escalating tariffs could threaten this order. Chinese brands have doubled their value over the past 20 years, now accounting for 6% of the overall value of the Global Top 100. These shifts have come at the expense of European brands, which for now account for only 7% of the Global Top 100 (down from 26% in 2006). Martin Guerrieria, Head of Kantar BrandZ, said: "Even through economic crises, the world's most valuable brands have consistently outperformed the S&P 500 and MSCI World Index over 20 years. This is irrefutable proof of marketing's value. A brand is a company's most valuable asset, and the last thing businesses should be doing in response to market shocks is cutting marketing investment. "Brands are built on ongoing exposure and experiences. The most successful are consistent in their messaging and recognise the intangible value of brands in the minds of consumers. The smartest businesses differentiate their brands to the extent that consumers are happy to pay a premium, because they can maintain or survive price rises without eroding demand. This is crucial for protecting margins when facing external pressures." Outside the US, significant gains have been seen for Sweden's Spotify, re-entering the Global Top 100 at 76; India's Airtel, the fastest growing telecom brand in the world; Argentinian retailer Mercado Libre, the only Latin American brand in the Global Top 100; Spanish retailer Zara, which rose five places to 65th, and Canada's RBC, which saw the biggest YOY brand value growth (43%) of any financial services brand outside the US. Disruptive brands fuel long-term brand value Brands that disrupted their category or reinvented themselves have accounted for almost three-quarters (71%) of the incremental $9.3 trillion of value created in the Global Top 100 since 2006. In 2025 this includes Stripe and Chipotle, which have entered the ranking for the first time (in 85th and 86th place) and Aldi, which has been in the Global Top 100 for 15 of the past 20 years, and is currently ranked 94th. Martin Guerrieria comments: "Innovators keeping up with consumer needs or redefining them entirely are the brands fundamentally reshaping the Global Top 100 over the past two decades – think Uber, and now ChatGPT. The most successful – like Apple, Amazon, Google and Microsoft – have long moved away from their original product base." Overall, the Global Top 100 has reached a record total brand value of $10.7 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 29%. This has been driven by tech-enabled disruptor brands, which have delivered most of the increase in value over the past 20 years across all sectors. Apple retains its top position for the fourth year with a brand value of $1.3 trillion, up 28% on the previous year. The only trillion-dollar brand in the ranking, Apple represents more than 12% of the total value of the Global Top 100. ChatGPT premiers in 60th place, the highest newcomer since NVIDIA in 2021, but may face strong competition as brands like Google and Microsoft respond to its first-mover advantage. Amazon's brand value has soared by 50% to $866 billion, thanks to its strong positioning around convenience and affordability allowing it to thrive in a challenging economy. Instagram and TikTok have posted impressive growth of 101% and 25% respectively. They reflect the continued influence of social media in shaping consumer habits and delivering direct-to-consumer e-commerce sales for brands and influencers globally. Martin Guerrieria, Head of Kantar BrandZ, said: "In a world of digital saturation and tough consumer expectations, brands need to meet people's needs, connect with them emotionally and offer something others don't to succeed. They need to be not just different, but meaningfully so. The dominance of brands like Apple, Instagram and McDonald's underlines the power of a consistent brand experience that people can relate to and remember. ChatGPT's dramatic rise shows how a brand can find fame and influence society to the extent that it changes our daily lives. But with generative AI competition accelerating, OpenAI will need to invest in its brand to preserve it first-mover momentum." Other trends from Kantar BrandZ's global report include: Retail continued its post-pandemic surge, with overall brand value growth up 48% as e-commerce and private label create value for consumers in inflationary times. In contrast, brand values in consumer categories like apparel (0%), food & beverages (-1%) and personal care (-5%) remained flat or declined, although brands like Uniqlo, Coca-Cola and Dove are all outperforming competitors. Alcohol (-11%) has been under pressure from reduced consumption, especially among younger generations who instead focused on health and wellness, including increased consumption of low/no alcohol beverages. The fragmentation in spirit flavours and craft beer is also diluting the market share of legacy brands. The luxury sector, one of the few sectors to grow through the pandemic years, has dropped 2% in 2025. This is in part because of softer demand in China, where scrutiny of displays of wealth and extravagance have shifted consumer preference towards lifestyle experiences instead of status symbols. Cheong Tai Leung, CEO- APAC, Insights Division, Kantar added: "Even amid economic downturns, the world's most valuable brands have consistently outperformed major indices, providing irrefutable proof of the power of marketing and the enduring value of strong brands. Encouragingly, we're seeing a growing number of brands from APAC securing positions among the world's most valuable, underscoring the ambition, resilience and global competitiveness of leading businesses across the region." Kantar BrandZ Top 10 Most Valuable Global Brands 2025 Rank 2025 Brand Brand Value 2025 (US$ m) YoY Change (%) 1 Apple 1,299,655 28 % 2 Google 944,137 25 % 3 Microsoft 884,816 24 % 4 Amazon 866,118 50 % 5 NVIDIA 509,442 152 % 6 Facebook 300,662 80 % 7 Instagram 228,947 101 % 8 McDonald's 221,079 0 % 9 Oracle 215,354 48 % 10 Visa 213,348 13 % Total value of Global Top 100 = $10.7tn; +29% About Kantar BrandZ: Kantar BrandZ is the global currency when assessing brand value, quantifying the contribution of brands to business' financial performance. Kantar's annual global and local brand valuation rankings combine rigorously analysed financial data, with extensive brand equity research. Since 1998, BrandZ has shared brand-building insights with business leaders based on interviews with 4.5 million consumers, for 22,000 brands in 54 markets. Discover more about Kantar BrandZ here. About Kantar Kantar is the world's leading marketing data and analytics business and an indispensable brand partner to the world's top companies. We combine the most meaningful attitudinal and behavioural data with deep expertise and advanced analytics to uncover how people think and act. We help clients understand what has happened and why and how to shape the marketing strategies that shape their future. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Kantar Sign in to access your portfolio
